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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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Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10 by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (d. 1778)

1749–50 · Print, etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

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The Laundresses by Edgar Degas, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Laundresses

Edgar Degas (d. 1917)

1879–80 · Print, etching and aquatint

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Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes by Francis Frith, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes

Francis Frith (d. 1898)

1857 · Photograph, albumen print from wet collodion negative

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The Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer by Praxiteles, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer

Praxiteles

c. 350–200 BCE · Sculpture, bronze, copper, and stone inlay

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Battlefield of New Hope Church, Georgia, No. 2 by George N. Barnard, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Battlefield of New Hope Church, Georgia, No. 2

George N. Barnard (d. 1902)

1865–1866 · Photograph, albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Pair of Flintlock Pistols by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Flintlock Pistols

Unrecorded maker

c. 1670 · Arms and Armor, steel, chiseled decoration with walnut stock

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Knife Sheath by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Knife Sheath

Unrecorded maker

1100s · Metalwork, Gilt silver (body) and brass (trefoil-shaped ring)

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Cholera in Paris by Nicolas-François Chifflart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cholera in Paris

Nicolas-François Chifflart (d. 1901)

1865 · Print, etching

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Justice, Vengence, and Truth by Nicolas-François Chifflart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Justice, Vengence, and Truth

Nicolas-François Chifflart (d. 1901)

1865 · Print, etching

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Frontispiece by Nicolas-François Chifflart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Frontispiece

Nicolas-François Chifflart (d. 1901)

1865 · Print, etching

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The Devil of Money by Nicolas-François Chifflart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Devil of Money

Nicolas-François Chifflart (d. 1901)

1865 · Print, etching

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Surprise by Nicolas-François Chifflart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Surprise

Nicolas-François Chifflart (d. 1901)

1865 · Print, etching

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