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Rights clearance desk for images

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

    2274 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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

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Results for "Provenance"12 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

Taweret amulet with double head by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Taweret amulet with double head

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1386–1224 BCE · Glazed steatite

Cleared · Public Domain

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Hexagonal Flower Pot by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hexagonal Flower Pot

Unrecorded maker

1300s–1400s · Ceramic, porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware

Cleared · CC0

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Terracotta statuette of a horse by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terracotta statuette of a horse

Unrecorded maker

late 4th century BCE · Terracotta

Cleared · Public Domain

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Fragment of a Goat's Head by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Goat's Head

Unrecorded maker

c. 500–475 BCE · Sculpture, limestone

Cleared · CC0

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Terracotta statuette of Eros on a lion by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terracotta statuette of Eros on a lion

Unrecorded maker

late 4th or 3rd century BCE · Terracotta

Cleared · Public Domain

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Pair of Hexagonal Flower Pots by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Hexagonal Flower Pots

Unrecorded maker

1300s–1400s · Ceramic, porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware

Cleared · CC0

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Meditating Buddha by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Meditating Buddha

Unrecorded maker

ca. 3rd–5th century · Stucco

Cleared · Public Domain

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Reliquary Box by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Reliquary Box

Unrecorded maker

200–400 CE · Metalwork, bronze

Cleared · CC0

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Christ the Redeemer by Antonio Novelli, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christ the Redeemer

Antonio Novelli (d. 1662)

ca. 1650 · Carrara marble

Cleared · Public Domain

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Reliquary Box (lid) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Reliquary Box (lid)

Unrecorded maker

200–400 CE · Metalwork, bronze

Cleared · CC0

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Side Chair by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Side Chair

Unrecorded maker

1805–15 · Mahogany

Cleared · Public Domain

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Reliquary Box by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Reliquary Box

Unrecorded maker

200–400 CE · Metalwork, bronze

Cleared · CC0

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