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

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Drinking in the Moonlight by Ma Yuan, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Drinking in the Moonlight

Ma Yuan (d. 1255)

late 1100s–early 1200s · Painting, Album leaf; ink on silk

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Portrait of a Gentleman by Raja Deen Dayal, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Gentleman

Raja Deen Dayal (d. 1905)

1887 · Photograph, albumen print

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Meditative Visit to a Mountain Retreat: In Picture and in Words by Xiang Shengmo, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Meditative Visit to a Mountain Retreat: In Picture and in Words

Xiang Shengmo (d. 1658)

1648 · Painting, handscroll; ink on paper

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Portrait of a Man by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man

John I Smart (d. 1811)

1786 · Portrait Miniature, watercolor on ivory in a gold frame

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Ramblers over a Winding Stream by Luo Zhichuan, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ramblers over a Winding Stream

Luo Zhichuan

before 1330 · Painting, Album leaf; ink on silk

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Conversation in Autumn by Hua Yan, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Conversation in Autumn

Hua Yan (d. 1765)

1732 · Painting, Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

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Portrait of General Keith MacAlister by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of General Keith MacAlister

John I Smart (d. 1811)

c. 1800–1810 · Portrait Miniature, watercolor and graphite, heightened with traces of white gouache, on paper

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