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
404 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
706 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 42,566 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
No 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.
Transactions of the American Art-Union for the Year 1845
American Art-Union, New York (d. 1851)
1845 · Illustrations: etching, engraving and wood engraving
In copyright
live
History of a Picture No. 1: Before the Jury
Frank Wilcox (d. 1964)
c. 1929 · Drawing, pencil and wash heightened with white
Cleared · CC0
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.
American Art-Union, Report for 1845
American Art-Union, New York (d. 1851)
1846 · Letterpress
In copyright
live
History of a Picture No. 2: The Public
Frank Wilcox (d. 1964)
c. 1929 · Drawing, pencil and wash heightened with white
Cleared · CC0
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.
Transactions of the American Art-Union for the Year 1846
American Art-Union, New York (d. 1851)
1846 · Illustrations: etching, engraving, wood engraving
In copyright
live
Perched upon a Bust of Pallas
Édouard Manet (d. 1883)
1875 · Print, lithograph
Cleared · CC0
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.
Gallery of American Art, No. I
American Art-Union, New York (d. 1851)
1850–51 · Etching and engraving on steel and paper wrapper
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.
Gallery of American Art, No. I, Consisting of the Following Line Engravings on Steel...for Members of the American Art Union of MDCCCL [Paper cover for a set of prints]
American Art-Union, New York (d. 1851)
1850–51 · Printed brown paper
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.
Illustration, from "Art of the American Wood-Engraver. Forty India Proofs to Accompany the Text of Philip Gilbert Hamerton"
Frederick Juengling (d. 1889)
1894 · 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.
Ewer
American Art-Ceramic Company (d. 1909)
ca. 1901–09 · Earthenware
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.
Illustration
Unrecorded maker
1940–49 · paper, gouache, ink
In copyright
live1. Pin the work
Choose the record and say what you are actually going to do with it. The product re-reads the work live and stores a snapshot, so your docket records what the institution said today.
2. Read the arithmetic
Six weighted factors: the institution's own claim, the creator's term, the publication-age rule, the restrictions in their statement, your use, and whether a credit line is even possible.
3. Seal and export
Record the decision into a SHA-384 chain, then export a dated docket as JSON, CSV or Markdown with the credit line and the seal a colleague can re-verify.