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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

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

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

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Results for "Scissors"12 records

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Scissors by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scissors

Unrecorded maker

1392 · Bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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Scissors by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Scissors

Unrecorded maker

c. 1770 · Miscellaneous, gilt metal

Cleared · CC0

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Scissors by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scissors

Unrecorded maker

15th or 16th century · Iron

Cleared · Public Domain

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Scissors Case (Etui) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Scissors Case (Etui)

Unrecorded maker

c.1690 · Silver, silver

Cleared · CC0

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Scissors by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scissors

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1636 · Silver, steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sugar Scissors by Jacob Hurd, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sugar Scissors

Jacob Hurd (d. 1758)

c. 1750 · Silver, silver

Cleared · CC0

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Scissors by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scissors

Unrecorded maker

17th century · Iron

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sugar Scissors by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sugar Scissors

Unrecorded maker

c. 1750–1760 and late 19th century · Silver, silver

Cleared · CC0

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Scissors by Gabriel de la Vega, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scissors

Gabriel de la Vega (d. 1775)

1733 · Steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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Samson and Delilah by Hans Burgkmair, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Samson and Delilah

Hans Burgkmair (d. 1531)

1519 · Print, woodcut

Cleared · CC0

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Scissors by Pedro Diaz, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scissors

Pedro Diaz (d. 1800)

1738 (?) · Steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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Title and Dedication Page by Filippo Morghen, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Title and Dedication Page

Filippo Morghen (d. 1807)

about 1769 · Print, etching

Cleared · CC0

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