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Is “The Farnese Hercules” in the public domain?

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Yes. “The Farnese Hercules” is public domain and released under CC0, so it is free to download and reuse for any purpose, including commercially, with no permission needed.

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Who created “The Farnese Hercules”?

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Peter van Lint (1639).

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Where is “The Farnese Hercules” from?

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It is catalogued from the open collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is free to reuse under CC0.

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Can I use “The Farnese Hercules” commercially for free?

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Yes. As a CC0 public-domain work it can be used commercially, modified and redistributed with no fee and no attribution required.

Title	The Farnese Hercules
Artist	Peter van Lint
Date	1639 17th century
Medium	Black chalk heightened with white chalk
Classification	Drawings
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2006
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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