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
333 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
414 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 5 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt
Giovanni Lanfranco (d. 1647)
1582–1647 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on blue paper; architectural moldings above and below indicated in ruled black chalk lines
Cleared · Public Domain
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A Dragon Appearing to Minamoto no Mitsunaka at Sumiyoshi Shrine
Utagawa Yoshikazu (d. 1870)
ca. 1847–52 · Right sheet of a triptych; woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Dragon Appearing to Minamoto no Mitsunaka During a Visit to Sumiyoshi Shrine, with Ōkuranojō Haruzane and Musashinokami Katō Shigemitsu
Utagawa Yoshikazu (d. 1870)
ca. 1847–52 · Middle sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver (serial no. 63306)
Samuel Colt (d. 1862)
ca. 1853 · Steel, copper alloy, gold, wood (walnut)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (serial no. 20133), with Case and Accessories
Samuel Colt (d. 1862)
ca. 1853 · Steel, copper alloy, gold, wood (walnut), textile, glass, cork, bone, pewter, paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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3. Seal and export
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