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A painting can be out of copyright and thephotograph of it can still be protected.

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.

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The Old Road to the Sea by William Merritt Chase, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Old Road to the Sea

William Merritt Chase (d. 1916)

c. 1893 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf G (previous leaf 7) by Xiao Yuncong, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf G (previous leaf 7)

Xiao Yuncong (d. 1673)

1668 · Painting, album leaf; ink and light color on paper

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Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf H (previous leaf 8) by Xiao Yuncong, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf H (previous leaf 8)

Xiao Yuncong (d. 1673)

1668 · Painting, album leaf; ink and light color on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Flowering Crab Apple by Shen Zhou, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Flowering Crab Apple

Shen Zhou (d. 1509)

1500 · Painting, hanging scroll; ink on paper

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The Wreck by Frank Wilcox, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Wreck

Frank Wilcox (d. 1964)

1923 · Drawing, watercolor

Cleared · CC0

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Twelve Views of Tiger Hill by Shen Zhou, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Twelve Views of Tiger Hill

Shen Zhou (d. 1509)

after 1490 · Painting, Album of twelve leaves; ink or ink and slight color on paper

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Hand Axe by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hand Axe

Unrecorded maker

4400–2100 BCE · Tools and Equipment, dark-brown-colored flint

Cleared · CC0

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