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

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Ruin by the Sea by Arnold Böcklin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ruin by the Sea

Arnold Böcklin (d. 1901)

1881 · Painting, oil on fabric

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Early Morning After a Storm at Sea by Winslow Homer, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Early Morning After a Storm at Sea

Winslow Homer (d. 1910)

1900–1903 · Painting, oil on canvas

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Sea Lion Pup Vessel by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sea Lion Pup Vessel

Unrecorded maker

200–850 CE · Ceramic, ceramic and slip

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The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea by Titian, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea

Titian (d. 1576)

1514–15, printed 1549 · Print, woodcut

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Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South Sea by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South Sea

Unrecorded maker

1600s · Ceramic, Porcelain with white glaze, Dehua ware

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At the Sea Side by James Tissot, The Cleveland Museum of Art

At the Sea Side

James Tissot (d. 1902)

1880 · Print, etching and drypoint

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Battle of the Sea Gods - right portion by Andrea Mantegna, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Battle of the Sea Gods - right portion

Andrea Mantegna (d. 1506)

c. 1485–88 · Print, engraving

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Arion on a Sea Horse by William Adolphe Bouguereau, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Arion on a Sea Horse

William Adolphe Bouguereau (d. 1905)

1855 · Painting, oil on fabric

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