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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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Costumed Dancers Performing in a Garden Tavern by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Costumed Dancers Performing in a Garden Tavern

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (d. 1780)

1756 · Drawing, brush and brown and gray wash, with gouache, watercolor, and traces of graphite

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Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur) by Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur)

Jean-Antoine Watteau (d. 1721)

c. 1716 · Drawing, red chalk; red and black chalk (upper left figure)

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Catherine Greene by John Singleton Copley, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Catherine Greene

John Singleton Copley (d. 1815)

1769 · Painting, oil on canvas

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Declaration of Love by Nicolas Lancret, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Declaration of Love

Nicolas Lancret (d. 1743)

c. 1720 · Painting, oil on canvas

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Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens") by Édouard Vuillard, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens")

Édouard Vuillard (d. 1940)

1894 · Painting, distemper on fabric

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Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn by William Hogarth, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn

William Hogarth (d. 1764)

1738 · Print, engraving

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Café in Constantinople by Alexandre Bida, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Café in Constantinople

Alexandre Bida (d. 1895)

1847 · Drawing, brush and black and gray ink, graphite, and stylus on white wove paper coated with a white ground

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Untitled (theatrical scene with seven costumed figures) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled (theatrical scene with seven costumed figures)

Unrecorded maker

1880s · Photograph, woodburytype

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