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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.

Where this page got its records

  • The Metlive

    1420 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

  • Clevelandlive

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

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2 of 2 providers answered live. 551 matching records exist across the two collections.

Results for "Washington D.C."12 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

[Distant View of Arsenal, Washington, D.C.] by Unknown, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Distant View of Arsenal, Washington, D.C.]

Unknown

1862–65 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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Death of the Virgin by Master of Heiligenkreuz, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Death of the Virgin

Master of Heiligenkreuz

c. 1400 · Painting, tempera and oil with gold on panel

Cleared · CC0

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Washington D.C. by John Thomson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Washington D.C.

John Thomson (d. 1921)

1865 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy) by Vincent van Gogh, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)

Vincent van Gogh (d. 1890)

1889 · Painting, oil on fabric

Cleared · CC0

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Washington, D.C. by Unknown, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Washington, D.C.

Unknown

1861–65 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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Octagonal Pendant with Corinthian Column Spacers and Clasp Set by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Octagonal Pendant with Corinthian Column Spacers and Clasp Set

Unrecorded maker

324–26 CE · Jewelry, gold

Cleared · CC0

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No 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.

Capitol, Washington D.C.

Henry Stone (d. 1850)

1826 · Hand-colored lithograph

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

No 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.

White House, Washington, D.C.

Unknown

1860s–80s · Albumen silver print

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

No 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.

Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.

Unrecorded maker

1900s–1930s · Photomechanical print

In copyright

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No 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.

Washington Monument from Washington, D.C. souvenir views (W500)

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1930–40 · Commercial photolithograph

In copyright

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No 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.

Washington, D.C.

Stephen Shore (d. 9999)

November 1972 · Chromogenic print

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

No 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.

Washington, D.C.

Stephen Shore (d. 9999)

August 1972 · Chromogenic print

In copyright

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