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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

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

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

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Results for "Release"11 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

The Release of Prometheus by Max Klinger, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Release of Prometheus

Max Klinger (d. 1920)

late 19th–early 20th century · Pen and black ink on buff stock

Cleared · Public Domain

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Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus by Gerard de Lairesse, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus

Gerard de Lairesse (d. 1711)

c. 1670 · 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.

Crossbow Release Mechanism

Unrecorded maker

206 BCE–220 CE · Bronze

In copyright

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Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo by Henri Rousseau, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo

Henri Rousseau (d. 1910)

1908 · Painting, oil on fabric

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.

Alexander the Great seated on a throne, ordering the release of Timoclea from her chains

Georg Friedrich Schmidt (d. 1775)

1769 · Etching and engraving

In copyright

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Mercury Orders Calypso to Allow Ulysses Depart by Gerard de Lairesse, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Mercury Orders Calypso to Allow Ulysses Depart

Gerard de Lairesse (d. 1711)

c. 1670 · Print, etching

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.

Suruku koun (hyena) mask

Malinke numu (blacksmith)

19th–mid-20th century · Wood

In copyright

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Battle of the Nudes by Antonio del Pollaiuolo, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Battle of the Nudes

Antonio del Pollaiuolo (d. 1498)

1470s–80s · Print, engraving

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.

Points of Release

Tod Wizon (d. 9999)

1983 · Acrylic on canvas

In copyright

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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.

[Press Release for "Interesting", Nature Morte, New York City]

Louise Lawler (d. 9999)

April 1985 · Press release

In copyright

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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.

Release

Rose B. Simpson (d. 9999)

2022 · Clay, steel, twine and grout

In copyright

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