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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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  • The Metlive

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

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

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Results for "portrait"12 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

Portrait by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1780–90 · Glass

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of a Woman by Rembrandt van Rijn, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman

Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1669)

1635 or earlier · Painting, oil on wood

Cleared · CC0

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Portrait by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1780–90 · Glass

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of Dora Wheeler by William Merritt Chase, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Dora Wheeler

William Merritt Chase (d. 1916)

1882–83 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Portrait by A. Bois, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait

A. Bois (d. 1900)

1855 · Silk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman by Frans Hals, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman

Frans Hals (d. 1666)

1634 · Painting, oil on canvas

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.

[James Murray Mason]

Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries (d. 1889)

ca. 1860 · Albumen silver print

In copyright

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Self-Portrait by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Self-Portrait

John I Smart (d. 1811)

1802 · Portrait Miniature, watercolor on ivory in a gold frame

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.

[Jefferson Davis]

Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries (d. 1889)

ca. 1860 · Albumen silver print

In copyright

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Portrait of a Man, Possibly Girolamo Rosati by Lorenzo Lotto, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man, Possibly Girolamo Rosati

Lorenzo Lotto (d. 1556)

1533–34 · Painting, oil on canvas

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.

[Leonidas Polk]

Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries (d. 1889)

ca. 1860 · Albumen silver print

In copyright

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Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo by Paolo Veronese, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo

Paolo Veronese (d. 1588)

after c. 1571 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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