Rights clearance desk for images
Museums publish two different things about the same artwork: whether the work is in copyright, and whether their picture of it is. OpenPlate reads both, does the arithmetic on the published term, and shows you the sentence behind every point of the score.
Where this page got its records
412 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
329 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 3,519 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
Design for a Wall Elevation with Grotesques
Anonymous, Italian, second half of the 16th century (d. 1600)
ca. 1540–70 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash; some stylus ruling; highlighted with white gouache; on blue paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Design for a Stove and Wall Fountain (?)
Friedrich Sustris (d. 1599)
1598 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk
Cleared · Public Domain
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Design for a Wall-mounted Epitaph
Anonymous, Italian, 18th century (d. 1800)
ca. 1700–1730 · Pen and brown ink, brush with gray, yellow, and pink wash
Cleared · Public Domain
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Design for a Wall and Ceiling with Frames and Decorations in Stucco
Anonymous, Italian, 18th century (d. 1800)
ca. 1690–1710 · Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
Cleared · Public Domain
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Design for the Frame of a Mirror or Fire Screen (recto); Various Sketches (verso)
Giovanni Battista Foggini (d. 1725)
1672–1725 · Pen and brown ink, over black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Design for a Wall Elevation
Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin (d. 1793)
ca. 1770–80 · Pen and black ink with brush and gray, brown, green, and blue washes over graphite underdrawing
Cleared · Public Domain
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Design for a Frame and Sketches of Wall Displays
Charles Hindley and Sons (d. 1917)
1841–84 · Graphite
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Design for a Wall Elevation for a Mirror Room with Chimney (Fifth Floor)
Mewès and Davis (d. 1950)
ca. 1900–14 · Watercolor over graphite
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Design for a Wall Elevation with Double Doors (Fifth Floor)
Mewès and Davis (d. 1950)
ca. 1900–14 · Watercolor over graphite
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Design for a Wall Elevation with Two Window Bays and a Chair (Second Floor)
Mewès and Davis (d. 1950)
ca. 1900–14 · Watercolor over graphite
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Design for a Wall Elevation with Two Windows (Fifth Floor)
Mewès and Davis (d. 1950)
ca. 1900–14 · Watercolor over graphite
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Design for the Wall of a Library in Rococo Style
Mewès and Davis (d. 1950)
ca. 1900–14 · Watercolor over graphite
In copyright
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