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
279 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
633 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 17 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
Saint Servatius Crushing a Dragon, with Saint Michael Weighing Souls below (from a series with The Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints)
Unrecorded maker
1440–46 · Pot-metal glass, white glass, vitreous paint, silver stain
Cleared · Public Domain
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Breadth of WovenTextile
Unrecorded maker
early 18th century · Satin damask and satin brocaded in silk and gold-wrapped silk
Cleared · Public Domain
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Buddhist Vestment (Kesa)
Unrecorded maker
18th century · Lampas, silk; squares:silk satin, brocaded, silk and gilt paper-wrapped thread
Cleared · Public Domain
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Octagonal food box with Chinese immortals and floral design
Unrecorded maker
18th century · Lacquered wood; mother-of-pearl inlay, gold leaf application on black ground and gilded metal net inserts
Cleared · Public Domain
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Seven Gods of Good Fortune and Chinese Children
Kano Chikanobu (d. 1728)
17th–18th century · Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gilt on paper; Reverse side: ink, color, and gold on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Chasuble
Unrecorded maker
17th Century (embroidery), 18th Century (silk), cut, reassembled and reshaped at a later date · Silk, metal, linen
Cleared · Public Domain
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Jimbaori with shokko diaper pattern of dragons, phoenix birds, and stylized "Chinese flowers"
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Silk brocade
Cleared · Public Domain
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Old Fisherman Carrying a Basket of Salmon
Kubo Shunman (d. 1820)
19th century · Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Vase with dragon
Unrecorded maker
18th–19th century · Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over black ground (Jingdezhen famille noire ware)
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.
Plate 61: Glass Frame, from "A New Book of Chinese Designs"
Matthias Darly (d. 1780)
1754 · Etching and engraving
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.
Fireman's hat
Unrecorded maker
early 20th century · Indigo-dyed cotton (sashiko), ink
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.
Dragon in the Clouds Flower Basket (Hanakago)
Iizuka Shōkansai (d. 2004)
1990 · Timber bamboo
In copyright
live1. Pin the work
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2. Read the arithmetic
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3. Seal and export
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