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

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The Bodhisattvas of the Ten Stages in Attaining the Most Perfect Knowledge by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Bodhisattvas of the Ten Stages in Attaining the Most Perfect Knowledge

Unrecorded maker

1454 · Painting, hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

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Water Village by Wen Boren, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Water Village

Wen Boren (d. 1575)

1570 · Painting, handscroll; ink and light color on paper

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The Bodhisattvas of the Ten Stages in Attaining the Most Perfect Knowledge; The Eight Hosts of Deva, Naga, and Yakshi by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Bodhisattvas of the Ten Stages in Attaining the Most Perfect Knowledge; The Eight Hosts of Deva, Naga, and Yakshi

Unrecorded maker

1454 · Painting, Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk

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Bird-shaped Vessel by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Bird-shaped Vessel

Unrecorded maker

1100s · Metalwork, bronze, cast, with chased and chiseled decoration; eyes inlaid with blue glass

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Canteen with a Katsina-like Face by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Canteen with a Katsina-like Face

Unrecorded maker

1890 · Ceramic, ceramic, slip

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Ring with Hippocampus by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ring with Hippocampus

Unrecorded maker

100–200 CE · Jewelry, gold

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Lebes by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Lebes

Unrecorded maker

c. 480–460 BCE · Metalwork, bronze

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Seated Figure of a Woman by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Figure of a Woman

Unrecorded maker

1–200 CE · Sculpture, marble

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Octafoil Mirror with Two Immortals Crossing the Ocean by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Octafoil Mirror with Two Immortals Crossing the Ocean

Unrecorded maker

mid-900s–late 1200s · Metalwork, bronze

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2. Read the arithmetic

Six weighted factors: the institution's own claim, the creator's term, the publication-age rule, the restrictions in their statement, your use, and whether a credit line is even possible.

3. Seal and export

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