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

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The State Watchman by Robert Dighton, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The State Watchman

Robert Dighton (d. 1814)

1767–1814 · Print, etching with watercolor added by hand

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Saint Peter of Alcántara by Pedro de Mena, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint Peter of Alcántara

Pedro de Mena (d. 1688)

c. 1663–70 · Sculpture, painted wood, with ivory and glass

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The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night by Basavana, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night

Basavana (d. 1600)

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

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Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020) by Haidar Kashmiri, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Haidar Kashmiri

1600–1605 · Painting, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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