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New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Distillation, plate 7 by Jan Collaert I, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Distillation, plate 7

Jan Collaert I (d. 1581)

ca. 1600 · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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The invention of musical instruments from the intestines of a monkey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth Night by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The invention of musical instruments from the intestines of a monkey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth Night

Unrecorded maker

c. 1560 · Painting, gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Cleared · CC0

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New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Eyeglasses, plate 15 by Jan Collaert I, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Eyeglasses, plate 15

Jan Collaert I (d. 1581)

ca. 1600 · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Behind the Troglodyte Farm by Henri Le Secq, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Behind the Troglodyte Farm

Henri Le Secq (d. 1882)

c. 1853 · Photograph, salted paper print from waxed paper negative

Cleared · CC0

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New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Stirrups, plate 9 by Jan Collaert I, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Stirrups, plate 9

Jan Collaert I (d. 1581)

ca. 1600 · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tschinki (Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Tschinki (Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle)

Unrecorded maker

c. 1630–50 · Arms and Armor, steel with traces gilding; walnut stock inlaid with bone, stag horn, mother-of-pearl

Cleared · CC0

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The Invention of the Cross by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Invention of the Cross

Unrecorded maker

17th century · Boxwood; frame: black wood

Cleared · Public Domain

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One Hundred Children at Play by Su Hanchen, The Cleveland Museum of Art

One Hundred Children at Play

Su Hanchen (d. 1125)

1100s–1200s · Painting, Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Cleared · CC0

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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.

Invention of the True Cross by Saint Helena

Peter van Lint (d. 1690)

ca. 1623 · Engraving

In copyright

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Wine Vessel (Jia) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Wine Vessel (Jia)

Unrecorded maker

c. 1700–1500 BCE · Metalwork, bronze

Cleared · CC0

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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.

An Essay on the Invention of Engraving and Printing in Chiaroscuro...

John Baptist Jackson (d. 1780)

1754 · Illustrations: chiaroscuro woodcut

In copyright

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Clock by André-Charles Boulle, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Clock

André-Charles Boulle (d. 1732)

c. 1695 · Furniture and woodwork, tortoise shell and brass inlay, gilt bronze

Cleared · CC0

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