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00Plates & Credits

Every plate,and where it hangs.

No image on this site is AI-generated. Each plate is a public-domain or CC0 work from a museum's open-access collection, checked against the museum's own records before use. We grade them to one warm palette; sculpture and armour are lifted from the museum's grey studio backdrop and set on black.

  1. A Vase of Flowers by Margareta Haverman, 1716, oil on wood (The Met)PL. 01

    A Vase of Flowers

    Margareta Haverman

    DATE
    1716
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  2. Aqueduct in Ruins by Hubert Robert, 18th century, oil on canvas (The Met)PL. 02

    Aqueduct in Ruins

    Hubert Robert

    DATE
    18th century (artist active 1753 to 1808)
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  3. Armet, Italian, about 1440, steel helmet (The Met)PL. 03

    Armet

    Lionardo, Italian armourer, probably Milan

    DATE
    ca. 1440
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  4. Armet with a rooster mask visor, German, about 1530, steel (The Met)PL. 04

    Armet with Mask Visor in the Form of a Rooster

    German armourer, probably Augsburg

    DATE
    ca. 1530
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  5. Armour of Henry II, King of France, French, about 1555, steel with gold and silver (The Met)PL. 05

    Armor of Henry II, King of France

    Jean Cousin the Elder (design)

    DATE
    ca. 1555
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  6. Bittern's Wings by Albrecht Dürer, 1515, watercolour on vellum (The Met)PL. 06

    Bittern's Wings: study showing both sides

    Albrecht Dürer

    DATE
    1515
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  7. Embossed close helmet by Giovan Paolo Negroli, Milan, about 1540 to 1545, steel and gold (The Met)PL. 07

    Close Helmet

    Giovan Paolo Negroli

    DATE
    ca. 1540 to 1545
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  8. Close helmet for the tilt, German, Augsburg, 1573, steel with gold and brass (The Met)PL. 08

    Close Helmet for the Tilt

    German armourer, Augsburg

    DATE
    1573
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  9. Marble portrait bust of a woman, Roman, about 100 to 120 CE (The Met)PL. 09

    Marble portrait bust of a woman

    Roman sculptor

    DATE
    ca. 100 to 120 CE
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  10. Marble statue of a seated muse, Roman, 1st or 2nd century CE (The Met)PL. 10

    Marble statue of a seated muse

    Roman sculptor

    DATE
    1st or 2nd century CE
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  11. Marble statuette of a seated philosopher, Roman, 1st or 2nd century CE (The Met)PL. 11

    Marble statuette of a seated philosopher

    Roman sculptor

    DATE
    1st or 2nd century CE
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  12. Passenger Pigeon, hand-coloured engraving by Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1829, two pigeons beak to beak (National Gallery of Art)PL. 12

    Passenger Pigeon (The Birds of America, plate 62)

    Robert Havell after John James Audubon

    DATE
    1829
    SOURCE
    National Gallery of Art (via Wikimedia Commons, NGA donation)
    LICENCE
    CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access, NGA 32203; Commons LicenseShortName: CC0)
  13. Saint Jerome in His Study by Albrecht Dürer, 1514, engraving (The Met)PL. 13

    Saint Jerome in His Study

    Albrecht Dürer

    DATE
    1514
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  14. Still Life with Flowers and Fruit by Jan van Huysum, about 1715, oil on panel (National Gallery of Art)PL. 14

    Still Life with Flowers and Fruit

    Jan van Huysum

    DATE
    c. 1715
    SOURCE
    National Gallery of Art, Washington
    LICENCE
    CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access; openaccess: 1)
  15. Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase by Rachel Ruysch, about 1690 to 1720, oil on canvas (Rijksmuseum)PL. 15

    Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase

    Rachel Ruysch

    DATE
    ca. 1690 to 1720
    SOURCE
    Rijksmuseum
    LICENCE
    CC0 (Rijksmuseum image via Wikimedia Commons; LicenseShortName: CC0)
  16. The Dove Sent Forth from the Ark by Gustave Doré, 1866, wood engraving (Wikimedia Commons)PL. 16

    The Dove Sent Forth from the Ark

    Gustave Doré

    DATE
    1866
    SOURCE
    Wikimedia Commons (Doré, La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866)
    LICENCE
    Public domain (Wikimedia Commons; LicenseShortName: Public domain)
  17. The Forest Stream by Jacob van Ruisdael, about 1660, oil on canvas (The Met)PL. 17

    The Forest Stream

    Jacob van Ruisdael

    DATE
    ca. 1660
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  18. The Holy Ghost, German, about 1460 to 1470, hand-coloured woodcut of a dove (National Gallery of Art)PL. 18

    The Holy Ghost

    German 15th Century

    DATE
    c. 1460/1470
    SOURCE
    National Gallery of Art, Washington
    LICENCE
    CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access; openaccess: 1)
  19. The Ponte Salario by Hubert Robert, about 1775, oil on canvas (National Gallery of Art)PL. 19

    The Ponte Salario

    Hubert Robert

    DATE
    c. 1775
    SOURCE
    National Gallery of Art, Washington
    LICENCE
    CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access; openaccess: 1)
  20. The Triumphal Arch by Hubert Robert, 1763 to 1764, etching (National Gallery of Art)PL. 20

    The Triumphal Arch

    Hubert Robert

    DATE
    1763/1764
    SOURCE
    National Gallery of Art, Washington
    LICENCE
    CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access; openaccess: 1)
  21. The Oxbow by Thomas Cole, 1836, oil on canvas (The Met)PL. 21

    View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm, The Oxbow

    Thomas Cole

    DATE
    1836
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)
  22. Wheat Fields by Jacob van Ruisdael, about 1670, oil on canvas (The Met)PL. 22

    Wheat Fields

    Jacob van Ruisdael

    DATE
    ca. 1670
    SOURCE
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    LICENCE
    Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain: true)