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Featured on PDR in the collection A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions

Ever since The Public Domain Review began we've long harboured fantasies about the Metropolitan Museum joining the growing ranks of those institutions (The Getty, New York Public Library, and Rijksmuseum, among others) who have opened up their digital copies of public domain works, making them free from all restrictions on use. Now, after a statement made last week, The MET have done just that — making all digital copies of their incredible public domain collection available under a CC0 license and in high resolution. While included in the vast lot of more than 200,000 images is a wonderful selection of the well known — Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Monet, etc. — we present here our highlights from the perhaps lesser known corners (though we couldn't resist…

Other works by the artist in the archive…

    Wound ManSquirrel on a Tree BranchPeacock-shaped Hand Washing DeviceComet PerticaBurmese Map of the WorldThe Habitations of the Sentient Beings According to the BurmeseElectrical DischargeAtlas MothThe Temptation of St Anthony (in the manner of Bosch)Hell According to the BurmeseForts Zeelandia and Provintia and the City of TainanDr. Herschel's View of the Organisation of the Heavenly BodiesSeasonal HeadsSun Rising over the CityMythological BirdDice ManSwaddled TwinsCometsAnd there was darknessBarn OwlThe CoronaAlchemy Scene: Crowned Woman in RedSun ChariotCatBust of Half Skeleton and Half WomanDark Sun, from Splendor SolisTotal Eclipse of July 7 1842Peruvian HarpyVarious Fantasy Figures (after Bosch)Sulphur-crested CockatooThe Sentient Beings According to the BurmesePastries and DelicaciesIrisRussian CatCelestial phenomenon over Giromagny, 1572Celestial phenomenon over Marburg, 1571Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, 1556Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, 1580Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, April, 1561Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, March, 1561Celestial phenomenon over Prague, 1580Celestial phenomenon over Salon-de-Provence, 1554Celestial phenomenon over Worms, 1540Fantasy BuildingsLeonid Meteor Shower over Niagara FallsLobsterMarch 1905 cover for *Hototogisu*October 1904 cover for *Hototogisu*

Tughra (Official Signature) Of Sultan Süleiman The Magnificent (R. 1520–66)

Artist

Date

ca. 1555–60


Underlying Rights

Public Domain Worldwide

Digital Rights

No Additional Rights


Image Size

1000 x 851Higher res available?