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
230 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
300 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 552 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
The Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpents
Master of the Labours of Hercules, Verona (?)
model after 1506 (possibly cast 19th century) · Copper alloy covered with a layer of tin or another soldering material.
Cleared · Public Domain
live
Alexander welcoming Thalestris and the Amazons
Master FG (d. 1560)
mid-16th century · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
live
Alexander welcoming Thalestris and the Amazons
Master FG (d. 1560)
mid-16th century · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
live
Alexander welcoming Thalestris and the Amazons
Master FG (d. 1560)
mid-16th century · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
live
Alexander welcoming Thalestris and the Amazons
Master FG (d. 1560)
mid-16th century · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
live
Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Unrecorded maker
early 17th century · Bronze, with etched golden-brown surface, oxidized dark brown where rubbed
Cleared · Public Domain
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Banjo
Hercules McCord (d. 1890)
ca. 1859 · Metal, wood
Cleared · Public Domain
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Banjo
Hercules McCord (d. 1890)
ca. 1884 · Metal, parchment
Cleared · Public Domain
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On the Grand Canal, Venice
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (d. 1906)
19th century · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (d. 1906)
19th century · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over 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.
Hercules and the Amazons
Russell B. Aitken (d. 2002)
1939 · Vitreous enamel on steel
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.
Study for Hercules and the Amazons
Russell B. Aitken (d. 2002)
1939 · Gouache on board
In copyright
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