Catalogue
Every way into the archive of 188,668 public-domain (CC0) plates: by medium, by country of origin, by century, by museum source and by curatorial subject. Each set below is backed by real catalogued works and links straight to them. All of it is free to view, download and reuse.
By medium
Paintings, prints, drawings, textiles, ceramics and more, each a free-to-reuse public-domain set.
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Prints 39,766 works
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Photographs 13,889 works
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Drawings 8,121 works
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Paintings 6,781 works
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Sculpture 5,406 works
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Ceramics 3,108 works
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Textiles 2,909 works
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Metalwork 853 works
- Manuscripts 648
- Jewelry 538
- Vessels 259
- Lace 249
- Scarabs 156
- Stone carvings 118
- Weavings 29
- Needlework 17
By country of origin
Public-domain art grouped by the country or culture it was made in.
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Japan 7,689 works
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France 7,379 works
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Italy 2,853 works
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China 2,825 works
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England 2,541 works
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United States 2,385 works
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Germany 2,269 works
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Egypt 1,731 works
- America 1,230
- Netherlands 1,016
- Byzantium 996
- Peru 989
- Flanders 980
- Greek 916
- India 708
- Roman Empire 678
- American 647
- Korea 554
- Spain 409
- [Not Stated] 397
- Holland 382
- Greece 350
- Iran 315
- Mughal India 311
- Mexico 308
- Turkey 297
- Africa 294
- Austria 217
- Bohemia 208
- Ancient Greece 206
- Syria 193
- Roman 177
- French 176
- Sri Lanka 166
- Russia 152
- Northern India 149
- Scotland 134
- Philadelphia 133
- Nazca Valley 132
- Europe 124
- Locality Unknown 121
- Northwestern India 114
- New York 112
- Belgium 110
- Cypriot 109
- Japanese 108
- Switzerland 106
- New York City 106
- Nepal 96
- Rome 92
- Paris 91
- Eastern India 88
- Meissen 85
- Etruscan 84
- Southern France 84
- German 83
- British 80
- Indonesia 79
- Boston 79
- Colombia 78
- Tibet 78
- Birmingham 76
- Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche 75
- London 73
- Kluane 73
- USA 71
- Ireland 70
- Philippines 70
- San Juan 70
- Italian 69
- Cambodia 67
- Pennsylvania 66
- Society Islands 66
- Baccarat 64
- Coptic 64
- Mesoamerica 63
- Monroe County 62
- Frankish 54
- United Kingdom 53
- European 52
- Chicago 51
- Venice 47
- Pakistan 47
- Afghanistan 47
- Chinese 46
- Iran or Iraq 45
- New England 45
- Myanmar 44
- Milan 44
- Nuremberg 44
- Trier 44
- Panama 43
- Athens 40
- Brussels 40
- Sasanian 40
- California 40
- Augsburg 39
- Central Andes 38
- Ohio 38
- Sèvres 37
- Peruvian South Coast 36
- Northern Italy 36
- Staffordshire 36
- Vienna 36
- Istanbul 36
- Seney National Wildlife Refuge 35
- Native North America 34
- Southeast China 32
- Mexican 32
- Midwest 32
- Minoan 32
- Serra Do Navio 32
- Byzantine 31
- Central India 31
- Galeta Point 31
- Woods Hole 30
- Jingdezhen 29
- Clichy 29
- North Pacific Ocean 29
- Sweden 28
- Thailand 28
- Thessalía 28
- Sandwich 28
- Schleswig 28
- Moche 28
- Gulf of Mexico 27
- Spanish 27
- Central Mexico 27
- Denmark 27
- Byzantine Empire 27
- European or Middle Eastern 27
- Pittsburgh 27
- American or European 27
- Santa Cruz 27
- Lyon 26
- Costa Rica 26
- Southern Germany 26
- Moche Valley 26
- Fort Pierce Inlet 25
- Burslem 24
- Lunéville 24
- Mediterranean Region 24
- Paracas 24
- Cartagena 24
- Assyrian 23
- Providence 23
- Norway 22
- Russian 22
- South Netherlandish 22
- Washington 22
- Etruria 21
- South India 21
- Nigeria 21
- Babylonian 21
- Raleigh 21
- Mississippi River 21
- Corona 20
- Central Asia 20
- Central Africa 20
- Portugal 20
- Hyattsville 20
- Anatolia 19
- Florence 19
- Bennington 19
- Hungary 19
- Unknown 19
- Delft 19
- Worcester 19
- Dresden 19
- Indiana 19
- Indian 19
- French Polynesia 19
- Esher 19
- Mckenzie Bridge 19
- Belem 19
- Buenaventura 19
- Vietnam 18
- South Italian 18
- Smyrna 18
- North Italy 18
- South Germany 18
- Northern China 18
- Baltimore 18
- Peruvian 18
- Baja California Norte 18
- Tacarcuna Village Camp 18
- Coal Oil Point 18
- Colorado River 18
- St. Paul Island 18
- Dzanga-Sangha Forest Reserve 18
- Altamira 18
- Uzbekistan 17
- Madhya Pradesh 17
- Achaemenid 17
- Beaufort 17
- Jaque 17
- El Volcan 17
- Saxony 16
- New Mexico 16
- Egypt or Syria 16
- Guatemala 16
- Nayarit state 16
- Massachusetts 16
- Arizona 16
- Colima state 16
- Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex 16
- Moss Beach 16
- San Francisco 16
- Progreso 16
- Almirante 16
- Clark State Forest 16
- Mountain Lake 16
- Halmahera 16
- Manila 16
- Elk River 16
- Southeast Asia 15
- Western Mexico 15
- Veracruz state 15
- Iraq 15
- Mosan 15
- Jouy-en-Josas 15
- Persia 15
- Newport 15
- Grand Falls 15
- Waikiki 15
- Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge 15
- Gainesville 15
- Marshall Islands 15
- Playa Estacion 15
- Kaimosi 15
- Puebla 14
- Bristol 14
- Antarctica 14
- 13 kilometers northeast of Dakar 14
- Tamatama 14
- Gothic 14
- Hawaii 14
- Stann Creek 14
- Legon 14
- Fintonia 14
- Szechwan ? 14
- Mexico or Central America 13
- Bolivia 13
- Gallo-Roman or Romano-British 13
- Polynesia 13
- Alexandria 13
- Gulf Stream off Fort Pierce 13
- Hollandia 13
- Middle Reef of Moss Beach 13
- United States: Pennsylvania 13
- Monterey 13
- Summit 13
- Dutch Harbor 13
- Cali 13
- Coventry 12
- Santa Valley 12
- Unknown Place 12
- Central Tibet 12
- South China 12
- Sumerian 12
- Berlin 12
- Innsbruck 12
- Brunswick 12
- Gandhara 12
- Ancient Mediterranean 12
- Mantua 12
- Norwich 12
- Southern Peru 12
- Honolulu 12
- Mount Rainier 12
- Cerro Punta 12
- Sierra Leone 12
- United States: New York 12
- Bridgeport 12
- Puerto Rico 12
- Isla Cebaco 12
- Zaragoza 12
- Braganca 12
- Tibu 12
- Great Falls 12
- New Hampshire 11
- Caucasus 11
- Northeast China 11
- Iraq or Iran 11
- Southwest 11
- Old Cairo 11
- Morocco 11
- Salem 11
- Illinois 11
- Levant 11
- Wheeling 11
- Catalan 11
- probably American 11
- Dukes County 11
- La Jolla 11
- Baja California Sur 11
- Santa Barbara 11
- Great Astrolabe Reef 11
- marsh 11
- Cerro Azul 11
- Milton 11
- La Parguera 11
- Puerto Refugio 11
- Stillwater Cove 11
- San Pedro 11
- National Tropical Botanical Garden 11
- Yellowstone National Park 11
- San Jose 11
- Shawnee National Forest 11
- Lawai Kai 11
- El Rosario 11
- Clearview 11
- Government Point 11
- Cyprus 10
- Andes 10
- Silesia 10
- Northern Germany? 10
- Melanesia 10
- Macedonia 10
- Eastern Mediterranean Region 10
- Frankenthal 10
- Wilmington 10
- Naples 10
- South Korea 10
- Italic 10
- Austrian 10
- Point Pinos 10
- Carmel Beach 10
- Armila 10
- United Kingdom: England 10
- Chevy Chase Lake 10
- Kluane National Park and Reserve 10
- Antarctic Peninsula 10
- Corvallis 10
- Colón 10
- Carmel Bay 10
- Belen 10
- Carson 10
- Southern Ocean 10
- Lorane 10
- Maya 9
- Valley of Mexico 9
- North China 9
- South Netherlands 9
- Poland 9
- Northwest China 9
- possibly Hungary 9
- Lombardic 9
- Potsdam 9
- Western Europe 9
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 9
- Connecticut 9
- Caen 9
- Navajo Nation 9
- Parthian 9
- Chile 9
- Irish 9
- Turkish 9
- Off Florida 9
- Kisarawe 9
- Mount Jefferson 9
- Dismal Swamp 9
- Falmouth 9
- Las Escobas 9
- Icabaru 9
- Fukien Province; plains around Foochow 9
- Gay Head 9
- District of Columbia 9
- Kofa Game Range 9
- Brazil 9
- Elkton 9
- Itapetininga 9
- Punta Del Diablo 9
- Port Nolloth 9
- Pto. Ayacucho 9
- Dumaguete 9
- Mount Shasta 9
- Grand Canyon 9
- Chamela 9
- Pakitza 9
- United States: Massachusetts 9
- Frisco 9
- Northern France 8
- Kashmir 8
- Corinth 8
- Isthmian Region 8
- East Greek 8
- Visigothic 8
- Western Panama 8
- Wari 8
- Northern Europe 8
- North Africa 8
- Australia 8
- Munich 8
- Limoges 8
- New Jersey 8
- Jalisco state 8
- Cincinnati 8
- Colima 8
- Alaska 8
- Navajo 8
- Mezcala 8
- East Greek/Sardis 8
- New Zealand 8
- Inca 8
- Peru; north coast 8
- Bilston 8
- Nasca 8
- Ventura 8
- Malpaso Creek 8
- New Hope Creek 8
- Apalachicola River 8
- Locust Grove 8
- Maitai River Valley 8
- Maracay 8
- Fort A.P. Hill Military Reservation 8
- Pucallpa 8
- Pacific Grove 8
- Fort Sherman 8
- Thornton Creek 8
- Brownsville 8
- San Salvador Island 8
- Sitka 8
- Punta Arenas 8
- Ballena Bay. 8
- East Maui 8
- Koke'e area 8
- 12 kilometers northeast of Dakar 8
- Valledupar 8
- Austin 8
- Sitkum 8
- Ohio River 8
- Aspalaga 8
- Montalban 8
- Lower Chesapeake Bay 8
- Bumba Zone 8
- Potomac River 8
- Laurel 8
- San Fernando 8
- Mera 8
- Itaituba 8
- Naga 8
- Eastern Shore 8
- Con Son Island 8
- Fishermen Cove 8
- Florida 7
- Honduras 7
- Taranto 7
- Cales 7
- Apulia 7
- Virginia 7
- Southwestern India 7
- South Italy 7
- Greek / South Italian 7
- Java 7
- Northern Netherlands 7
- Rhenish 7
- Alemannic 7
- Sino-Tibetan 7
- Phoenicia 7
- Northeastern France 7
- Northeast Woodlands 7
- Syracuse 7
- Bow 7
- Kathmandu Valley 7
- Central Java 7
- Portland 7
- Levkás 7
- Canton 7
- Czech Republic 7
- Burano 7
- Greek or Roman 7
- Chimú 7
- Egyptian 7
- Philomath 7
- Blandy Experimental Farm 7
- Lake Maxinkuckee 7
- Itasca State Park 7
- Mount Coffee 7
- Nulita 7
- Mission Point 7
- Paso De Soquilpa 7
- Cuautla 7
- Lighthouse Reef 7
- Buffalo Creek 7
- Victoria Land 7
- Cuyler Harbor 7
- San Simeon 7
- The Guianas. Iles du Salut 7
- Bay of Islands 7
- ½ mi seaward Media Luna Reef. 7
- Essaouira 7
- Ibadan 7
- El Refilion 7
- El Paso 7
- Cherbourg 7
- Ithaca 7
- Drain 7
- Shimian [Ya'an] 7
- Santarem 7
- Jimma 7
- Wilson Cove 7
- Norway Bay 7
- San Pedro Lagunillas 7
- Houtbosdorp 7
- Niahun 7
- Isla San Jose 7
- Maria Cleofas 7
- Santo Domingo 7
- Cerro de la Muerte 7
- Malheur National Forest 7
- Oswego 7
- Sutherlin 7
- Tobacco Range 7
- Cox Bay 7
- Baybay 7
- Unalaska 7
- Camisea 7
- Cayo Agua 7
- Johnston Atoll 7
- Barro Colorado Island 7
- Mesopotamia 6
- West Mexico 6
- early Byzantium 6
- Southern Africa 6
- Central Europe 6
- Ostrogothic 6
- Urbino 6
- Thessaloníki 6
- Kríti 6
- Argentina 6
- Chelsea 6
- New Bedford 6
- Canada 6
- Bihar 6
- Meriden 6
- Michigan 6
- Stoke-on-Trent 6
- Peruvian Central Coast 6
- Central Plains 6
- Strasburg 6
- Kingston 6
- Chupícuaro 6
- Guanajuato state 6
- Melanesian 6
- Taiwan 6
- Peru; central coast 6
- Unknown fabric 6
- Lésvos 6
- probably French 6
- Old Assyrian Trading Colony 6
- Belgian 6
- Bahamas 6
- West Beach near Partridge Point 6
- Yukon River 6
- Vaneman Swamp 6
- San Jacinto Mountains 6
- Aliwal North 6
- Monterey Bay 6
- Tachi Cheng 6
- Cerro Mali 6
- Schleswig-Holstein 6
- Tennessee River 6
- Geneva Park 6
- False Bay 6
- Bahia San Quintin 6
- Pebble Beach 6
- Princess Royal Harbor 6
- Bermuda 6
- Nuri [Montijo District] 6
- Capatarida 6
- Afon 6
- Eagle 6
- Isla Escudo De Veraguas 6
- Laguna Beach 6
- Venezuela 6
- Corona del Mar 6
- Chung-ku 6
- Seattle 6
- Urama 6
- Punta Pelicano 6
- Valentine 6
- Jalcocotan 6
- Bangwon 6
- Charlotteville 6
- Coconut Island 6
- Captive Specimen: Taipei Pet Shop 6
- Mono Lake 6
- Chirinda Forest 6
- Holbrook 6
- Assateague Island 6
- Pico Avila 6
- Boca Del Drago 6
- Riecito 6
- Balboa 6
- Goulimine 6
- Berkeley 6
- Hadley's Lake 6
- Yabraso 6
- Seguenega 6
- Cradock 6
- Kpandebu 6
- Georgetown 6
- Carrie Bow Cay 6
- Santa Rosa 6
- Atlantic Ocean. Grand Bahama Island. Freeport 6
- Salisbury 6
- Fresno 6
- Shakawe 6
- Roosevelt 6
- Boca De Yaracuy 6
- Sibube 6
- South Shetland Islands 6
- North Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina coast 6
- Petit Havre 6
- Nahant 6
- Cape Hatteras 6
- Los Banos 6
- West Point 6
- West Lafayette 6
- Sindikwa 6
- Bangladesh 5
- Guerrero state 5
- Central Italy 5
- Northeastern India 5
- North Germany 5
- Urartian 5
- China and Tibet 5
- North Netherlands 5
- Western Tibet 5
- Persian 5
- North Korea 5
- Czechoslovakia 5
- Finland 5
- Tyre 5
- Rhineland 5
- Normandy 5
- Ludwigsburg 5
- Uttar Pradesh 5
- Tamil Nadu 5
- Texas 5
- Fürstenberg 5
- Mali 5
- Ethiopia 5
- Roxbury 5
- Israel 5
- Maryland 5
- Bruges? 5
- Kentucky 5
- Gloucester 5
- Shelton 5
- Meuse 5
- Missouri 5
- Ica Valley 5
- Ancient Near East 5
- Megalópolis 5
- New Haven 5
- Liverpool 5
- Brooklyn 5
- Long Island 5
- Lancaster 5
- Sumatra 5
- Vicús 5
- Neolithic 5
- Langobardic 5
- Edo peoples 5
- possibly French 5
- Cyclades 5
- Dutch 5
- Babylonian or Achaemenid 5
- Ghassulian 5
- Mycenaean 5
- Chimú or Chancay 5
- Sisters Rocks 5
- Manaus 5
- Port Phillip Heads 5
- The Great Astrolabe Reef 5
- Trieste 5
- Kuril Islands 5
- 9 kilometers northeast of Rufisque 5
- Changuinola 5
- Nyanza 5
- Mussel Point 5
- Asilomar Point 5
- Tucson 5
- Boussouma 5
- Cuyotenango 5
- Millboro Springs 5
- Pahrump Valley 5
- Kaikoura 5
- Manacal 5
- Occoquan National Wildlife Refuge 5
- 21 km E Cumana 5
- Tampico Wreck Bay 5
- Oakland City 5
- Cape of good hope 5
- Amchitka Island 5
- El Venado 5
- Lighthouse Point 5
- Ringaringa Beach 5
- San Felix 5
- Revere Beach 5
- White's Point 5
- Sandakan 5
- Half Moon Bay 5
- George Washington National Forest 5
- Cuyama Valley 5
- Flores 5
- Hato Mata De Bejuco 5
- Dasht 5
- World 5
- Queen Charlotte Islands 5
- Cuernavaca 5
- Jeypore 5
- Manzano Mountains 5
- Caribbean Panama. Galeta Island. Galeta Point 5
- Woods Hole area 5
- Big Pine Key 5
- Johnson's Lee 5
- Los Angeles 5
- Bora Bora 5
- Cholla Bay 5
- Porga 5
- Yuma 5
- Pyramid Lake 5
- Cella 5
- Kodiak Island 5
- Zizonkame 5
- Clark Air Base 5
- Ensenada Cauranta 5
- Buena Vista Peninsula 5
- Torit District 5
- Isla San Cristobal 5
- Ogden 5
- San Bernardino Mountains 5
- Balabac Island 5
- Mount Kenia 5
- Huerta Negra 5
- San Bernardino Ranch 5
- Mount Carleton Provincial Park 5
- Panamint Mountains 5
- Springerville 5
- Stuart Lake 5
- United States: District of Columbia 5
- Passe De Soufa 5
- Chiricahua Mountains 5
- San Joaquin 5
- Sing Sing 5
- Las Lomitas 5
- Falls Church 5
- 7 kilometers west of Ranomafana 5
- George Town 5
- km. 125 5
- Mtoto Andei 5
- Sepopa 5
- Tiguino [Ines Arango] 5
- Braunschweig 5
- Aldabra Atoll 5
- Kanbalu Township 5
- Sakpa 5
- Xugana 5
- Eastport 5
- Essex County 5
- Fort Garland 5
- Santa Cruz Mountains 5
- Point Barrow 5
- Guanajay 5
- Denver 5
- Cuba 5
- Bangkok 5
- Black Rock 5
- Santa Marta 5
- Harrington Sound. 5
- 6.1 km north of Eel Point 5
- Dog Valley 5
- Ranau 5
- Acapulco 5
- Wanta 5
- Leslie Creek 5
- 2 kilometers east of San Carlos de Rio Negro 5
- Isla Popa 5
By century
Every well-represented century, from the ancient world to the twentieth.
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19th century 52,637 works
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20th century 40,201 works
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18th century 23,491 works
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17th century 19,935 works
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16th century 16,111 works
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21st century 10,278 works
- 15th century 6,692
- 14th century 1,277
- 11th century 1,261
- 13th century 870
- 12th century 766
- 1st century BCE 651
- 4th century BCE 587
- 10th century 558
- 1st century 536
- 3rd century 518
- 3rd century BCE 511
- 5th century BCE 507
- 6th century BCE 494
- 4th century 412
- 2nd century 399
- 2nd century BCE 387
- 7th century 339
- 8th century 335
- 6th century 320
- 15th century BCE 315
- 7th century BCE 311
- 10th century BCE 299
- 9th century 292
- 13th century BCE 271
- 5th century 245
- 19th century BCE 161
- 14th century BCE 119
- 12th century BCE 115
- 8th century BCE 77
- 20th century BCE 77
- 9th century BCE 72
- 11th century BCE 66
- 16th century BCE 53
- 18th century BCE 47
- 69th century BCE 42
- 29th century BCE 27
- 22nd century BCE 24
- 21st century BCE 24
- 24th century BCE 23
- 17th century BCE 22
- 25th century BCE 22
- 38th century BCE 18
- 23rd century BCE 16
- 26th century BCE 16
- 34th century BCE 14
- 30th century BCE 13
- 39th century BCE 12
- 32nd century BCE 8
- 27th century BCE 7
- 44th century BCE 5
- 45th century BCE 5
By subject area
Broad curatorial groupings from the source museums.
- Den Kongelige Kobberstiksamling 30,374
- CG-E 29,745
- CG-W 23,927
- NMNHMAMMALS 6,609
- Arts of Asia 6,414
- Den Kongelige Maleri- og Skulptursamling 6,076
- NMNHBOTANY 4,763
- Medieval Art 4,570
- HQ 4,563
- CSD 3,954
- Den Kongelige Afstøbningssamling 2,950
- CPH 2,872
- NMNHENTO 2,691
- KSC 1,402
- CAB 1,356
- Decorative Art and Design 1,234
- Asian Art 1,232
- NMNHINV 815
- Islamic Art 814
- MAF 699
- AFRC 653
- CF 650
- GSFC 602
- MSFC 533
- LRC 364
- CIS-R 360
- Costume Institute 360
- Arms and Armor 308
- Ancient West Asian Art 297
- GRC 294
- CNE-B 263
- SSC 214
- JSC 204
- NMNHFISHES 191
- NMAH 162
- ARC 144
- CIS-B 124
- Musical Instruments 119
- CNE-R 112
- The Cloisters 98
- JPL 96
- Architecture and Design 77
- CHNDM 76
- LaRC 62
- Oceania 61
- NMNHBIRDS 58
- CMC 56
- Samling og Forskning (KAS) 43
- Modern and Contemporary Art 35
- Modern Art 22
- NMNHHERPS 18
- HAC 9
- The Libraries 7
By museum source
The open-access museum programmes that supply the archive.
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National Gallery of Art (Washington) 63,419 works
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Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) 39,461 works
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Art Institute of Chicago 26,254 works
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The Cleveland Museum of Art 20,583 works
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Smithsonian Open Access 15,392 works
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art 11,085 works
- NASA Image and Video Library 10,000
- Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata 2,176
- Rijksmuseum 298