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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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Sky Study, Paris by Charles Marville, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sky Study, Paris

Charles Marville (d. 1879)

1856–57 · Photograph, albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Study of a Birch Tree, Barbizon by Constant Alexandre Famin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Study of a Birch Tree, Barbizon

Constant Alexandre Famin (d. 1888)

1860s-1870s · Photograph, albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Road in the Forest by Eugène Cuvelier, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Road in the Forest

Eugène Cuvelier (d. 1900)

1860–1863 · Photograph, salted paper print from waxed paper negative

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Woman Sitting by a Pond by Camille Pissarro, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman Sitting by a Pond

Camille Pissarro (d. 1903)

c. 1874 · Print, Pen lithograph

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Untitled (The Forest of Fontainebleau) by Constant Alexandre Famin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled (The Forest of Fontainebleau)

Constant Alexandre Famin (d. 1888)

c. 1874 · Photograph, albumen print, coated, from wet collodion negative

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Photographs of a Standing Male Nude Model ("Joseph Smith") by Thomas Eakins, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Photographs of a Standing Male Nude Model ("Joseph Smith")

Thomas Eakins (d. 1916)

c. 1883 · Photograph, albumen prints from glass negatives

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Amiens, Northern Façade of the Transept by Henri Le Secq, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Amiens, Northern Façade of the Transept

Henri Le Secq (d. 1882)

1852 · Photograph, salted paper print from calotype negative

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Self-Portrait Drawing at a Window by Rembrandt van Rijn, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Self-Portrait Drawing at a Window

Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1669)

1648 · Print, etching, drypoint, and engraving

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Portrait of Paul Chenavard, from the series "Histoire des Artistes Vivants" by Édouard Baldus, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Paul Chenavard, from the series "Histoire des Artistes Vivants"

Édouard Baldus (d. 1889)

c. 1852 · Photograph, albumen print from wet collodion negative

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