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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 Metlive

    1240 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

  • Clevelandlive

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

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Results for "Painting"12 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

Painting by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Painting

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

1784 (?) · Stipple engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Twilight in the Wilderness by Frederic Edwin Church, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Twilight in the Wilderness

Frederic Edwin Church (d. 1900)

1860 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Painting by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Painting

Unrecorded maker

1914 · Twelve small paintings; on silk?

Cleared · Public Domain

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Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting by Edgar Degas, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting

Edgar Degas (d. 1917)

c. 1878–80 · Painting, oil on wood panel

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.

Painting

Joan Miró (d. 1983)

1927 · Tempera and oil on canvas

In copyright

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View of Florence by Thomas Cole, The Cleveland Museum of Art

View of Florence

Thomas Cole (d. 1848)

1837 · Painting, oil on canvas

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.

Painting

Charles Henry Alston (d. 1977)

1950 · Oil on canvas

In copyright

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The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse) by Albert Pinkham Ryder, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse)

Albert Pinkham Ryder (d. 1917)

c. 1896–1908 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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.

Painting

Philip Guston (d. 1980)

1952 · Oil on canvas

In copyright

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Portrait of Dora Wheeler by William Merritt Chase, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Dora Wheeler

William Merritt Chase (d. 1916)

1882–83 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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.

Painting

Unrecorded maker

mid-20th century · Sago palm petiole, bamboo, fiber, paint

In copyright

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The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake by Thomas Eakins, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake

Thomas Eakins (d. 1916)

1873 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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