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
686 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
294 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 2,793 matching records exist across the two collections.
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Design for an Interior Wall with Pedimented Niches or Windows, Flanking a Cartouche
Anonymous, Italian, 16th to 17th century (d. 1700)
1500–1700 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of leadpoint, and stylus ruling
Cleared · Public Domain
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Design for an Interior Wall
Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century (d. 1800)
1700–1780 · Pen and gray ink, brush with gray wash and watercolor, over graphite or leadpoint, with ruled and compass construction; framing outlines in pen and dark brown ink
Cleared · Public Domain
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Design for an Interior Wall Elevation
Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century (d. 1800)
1700–1780 · Pen and gray ink, brush with black, gray, pink, and yellow wash, over ruled and compass constructions in pen and gray ink; framing outlines in pen and brown ink; scale, below the design, in pen and black ink, brush and gray and pink wash
Cleared · Public Domain
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Interior Ornamented Wall with Doors, nos. 228–239, plate 42 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"
Michelangelo Pergolesi (d. 1801)
July 17, 1782 · Etching
Cleared · Public Domain
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Interior Ornamented Wall with Windows and Pier-Glasses, nos. 267–273, plate 47 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"
Michelangelo Pergolesi (d. 1801)
February 27, 1784 · Etching and watercolor
Cleared · Public Domain
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Interior Ornamented Wall with Doors and Fireplace, nos. 344–350, plate 52 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"
Michelangelo Pergolesi (d. 1801)
March 20, 1785 · Etching; printed in dark brown ink, and watercolor
Cleared · Public Domain
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Interior Ornamented Wall with Doors, nos. 228–239, plate 42 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"
Michelangelo Pergolesi (d. 1801)
July 17, 1791 · Etching
Cleared · Public Domain
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Interior Ornamented Wall with Window and Furniture, nos. 411–424, plate 64 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"
Michelangelo Pergolesi (d. 1801)
February 15, 1792 · Hand-colored etching
Cleared · Public Domain
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Interior Ornamented Wall, nos. CCCCLXIX–CCCCLXXIX, plate 70 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"
Michelangelo Pergolesi (d. 1801)
1801 · Etching and watercolor
Cleared · Public Domain
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Moorish Wall Elevation
Anonymous, British, 19th century (d. 1900)
19th century · Pen and ink, brush and wash, watercolor
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.
Interior Ornamented Wall with Doors and Fireplace, nos. 344–350, plate 52 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"
Michelangelo Pergolesi (d. 1801)
November 1, 1792 · Etching; printed in dark brown 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.
Living Room from the Francis W. Little House: Windows and paneling
Frank Lloyd Wright (d. 1959)
1912–14 · Oak, leaded glass
In copyright
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