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

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Door and Frame by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Door and Frame

Unrecorded maker

late 1400s · Furniture and woodwork, oak with traces of polychromy

Cleared · CC0

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The Brahman, unable to select from the four gifts of the king of the Ocean seeks the Raja’s advice, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Brahman, unable to select from the four gifts of the king of the Ocean seeks the Raja’s advice, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night

Unrecorded maker

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

Cleared · CC0

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Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude

Unrecorded maker

c. 1045 · Metalwork, gold, cloisonné enamel, porphyry, gems, pearls, niello, wood core

Cleared · CC0

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Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude

Unrecorded maker

shortly after 1038 · Metalwork, gold, cloisonné enamel, porphyry, gems, pearls, niello, wood core

Cleared · CC0

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Small Chest with Inner Drawers by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Small Chest with Inner Drawers

Unrecorded maker

1700s · Furniture and woodwork, Rosewood (huanghuali) and metal

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