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

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

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Results for "Skull"12 records

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Skull by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Skull

Unrecorded maker

16th century or later · Bone

Cleared · Public Domain

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Ascetic Holding a Skull by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ascetic Holding a Skull

Unrecorded maker

c. 500 CE · Sculpture, gilt bronze

Cleared · CC0

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Skull by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Skull

Unrecorded maker

16th century or later · Bone

Cleared · Public Domain

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Skull Vessel by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Skull Vessel

Unrecorded maker

500–900 · Ceramic, earthenware with colored slips

Cleared · CC0

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Skull by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Skull

Unrecorded maker

16th century or later · Bone

Cleared · Public Domain

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Coat of Arms with a Skull by Albrecht Dürer, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Coat of Arms with a Skull

Albrecht Dürer (d. 1528)

1503 · Print, engraving

Cleared · CC0

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Skull by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Skull

Unrecorded maker

16th century or later · Bone

Cleared · Public Domain

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It Is a Skull Wreathed with Roses. It Dominates a Woman's Torso of Pearly Whiteness by Odilon Redon, The Cleveland Museum of Art

It Is a Skull Wreathed with Roses. It Dominates a Woman's Torso of Pearly Whiteness

Odilon Redon (d. 1916)

1888 · Print, lithograph

Cleared · CC0

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Skull by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Skull

Unrecorded maker

17th century · Ivory

Cleared · Public Domain

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The merchant has the hateful skull ground and put into a box, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The merchant has the hateful skull ground and put into a box, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night

Unrecorded maker

c. 1560 · Painting, gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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.

[Skull]

Walker Evans (d. 1975)

June 30, 1974 · Instant internal dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid SX-70)

In copyright

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"Secrete" or Skull Cap (Hat Lining) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

"Secrete" or Skull Cap (Hat Lining)

Unrecorded maker

c. 1630–50 · Arms and Armor, steel

Cleared · CC0

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