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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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    611 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    285 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Terracotta fragments of an open shape by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terracotta fragments of an open shape

Unrecorded maker

late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE · Terracotta

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bamboo, Rocks, and Lonely Orchids by Zhao Mengfu, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Bamboo, Rocks, and Lonely Orchids

Zhao Mengfu (d. 1322)

1271–1368 · Painting, Handscroll; ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant) by Jean-François Dubut, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant)

Jean-François Dubut (d. 1778)

ca. 1760 · Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble

Cleared · Public Domain

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Drop-front secretaire (secrètaire à abattant) by René Dubois, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drop-front secretaire (secrètaire à abattant)

René Dubois (d. 1799)

ca. 1770–75 · Painted and varnished oak, veneered with European lacquer, mahogany, purplewood, gilt-bronze mounts

Cleared · Public Domain

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Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire) by Jean Henri Riesener, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire)

Jean Henri Riesener (d. 1806)

1783 · Oak veneered with ebony and 17th-century Japanese lacquer; interiors veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, and ebonized holly; gilt-bronze mounts; marble top; velvet (not original)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Drop-leaf Dining Table by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drop-leaf Dining Table

Unrecorded maker

1755–90 · Mahogany, tulip poplar, white pine

Cleared · Public Domain

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Drop-leaf Dining Table by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drop-leaf Dining Table

Unrecorded maker

1760–90 · Mahogany, maple, white pine

Cleared · Public Domain

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Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) by Adam Weisweiler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Adam Weisweiler (d. 1820)

ca. 1787 · Oak veneered with burl thuya, amaranth, mahogany, satinwood, holly, and ebonized holly; painted metal; one soft-paste porcelain plaque; fifteen jasper medallions; gilt-bronze mounts; marble; leather (not original)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Drop-front secretary on stand (secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set) by Adam Weisweiler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drop-front secretary on stand (secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Adam Weisweiler (d. 1820)

ca. 1790 · Oak veneered with ebony, amaranth, holly, ebonized holly, satinwood, Japanese and French lacquer panels, gilt-bronze mounts, brocatelle marble top (not original); steel springs; morocco leather (not original)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Drop-front secretary on stand (Secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set) by Adam Weisweiler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drop-front secretary on stand (Secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Adam Weisweiler (d. 1820)

ca. 1790 · Oak veneered with ebony, amaranth, holly, ebonized holly, satinwood, Japanese and French lacquer panels, gilt-bronze mounts, brocatelle marble top (not original); steel springs; morocco leather (not original)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Pendant with Coins, One of a Pair by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pendant with Coins, One of a Pair

Unrecorded maker

late 18th century · Gold

Cleared · Public Domain

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Drop-leaf Table by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drop-leaf Table

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1800 · Mahogany

Cleared · Public Domain

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