Rights clearance desk for images
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.
Where this page got its records
568 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
432 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 7 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Turban (recto); Latin script (verso)
Master of the Death of Absalom (?) (d. 1500)
ca. 1510 · Brush and black brown ink heightened with white gouache on slate gray prepared paper.
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Virgin Protectress of the City of Siena
Francesco Vanni (d. 1610)
1588 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on light brown paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Cushi Brings to David News of the Death of Absalom, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"
William Small (d. 1929)
1881 · Wood engraving on India paper, mounted on thin card
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo 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.
The Death of Absalom, from "The Story of David and Absalom"
Jan (Johannes) Wierix (d. 1615)
ca. 1585 · Etching; second state of three
In copyright
liveNo 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.
The Tidings of the Death of Absalom, from "The Story of Saul and David"
Maerten de Vos (d. 1603)
1580–90 · Engraving; second state of two
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Death of Absalom, from "Scenes from the Life of King David"
Anonymous
after 1574 · Engraving
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Les porteurs de mauvaises nouvelles (The Bearers of Bad Tidings), from "Le Monde Illustré"
Emile Thomas (d. 1907)
May 18, 1872 · Wood engraving
In copyright
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