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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

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

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

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Results for "Sketches"12 records

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Sketches by Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketches

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (d. 1600)

16th century · Pen and brown ink

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sheet of Studies and Sketches by Edgar Degas, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sheet of Studies and Sketches

Edgar Degas (d. 1917)

1858 · Drawing, graphite, pen and dark brown ink, and watercolor on thick ivory wove paper

Cleared · CC0

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Two Costume Sketches by Anonymous, French, 18th century, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Costume Sketches

Anonymous, French, 18th century (d. 1800)

ca. 1785–90 · Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sketches of Virgin and Child by Giulio Campi, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sketches of Virgin and Child

Giulio Campi (d. 1572)

1550–1600 · Drawing, black chalk; framing lines in traces of gold ink

Cleared · CC0

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Sketches in Outline by Henry Moses, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketches in Outline

Henry Moses (d. 1870)

1808 · Etching and engraving; some graphite sketches

Cleared · Public Domain

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Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto) by Paolo Veronese, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto)

Paolo Veronese (d. 1588)

c. 1580 · Drawing, pen and brown ink (iron gall) and brush and brown wash

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.

Various Sketches

Auguste Raffet (d. 1860)

1824–60 · Etching on chine collé

In copyright

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Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto); Architectural Studies (verso) [partially visible on recto] by Paolo Veronese, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto); Architectural Studies (verso) [partially visible on recto]

Paolo Veronese (d. 1588)

c. 1570 · Drawing, pen and brown ink (iron gall) and brush and brown wash

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.

Suburban Sketches

William Dean Howells (d. 1920)

1875 · Illustrations: photo reproductions of drawings

In copyright

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Sheet of Sketches (recto and verso) by Théodore Géricault, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sheet of Sketches (recto and verso)

Théodore Géricault (d. 1824)

1819 · Drawing, pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper

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.

Sketches

Julian Alden Weir (d. 1919)

1880–90 · Etching; only state

In copyright

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Sheet of Sketches (recto) by Théodore Géricault, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sheet of Sketches (recto)

Théodore Géricault (d. 1824)

1819 · Drawing, pen and ink

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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2. Read the arithmetic

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