The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork Places 490,000 Excessive-Res Photos On-line & Makes Them Free to Use

Replace: The Met­ro­pol­i­tan Muse­um of Artwork has put on-line 492,000 high-res­o­lu­tion photographs of artis­tic works. Even wager­ter, the muse­um has positioned the huge main­i­ty of those photographs into the pub­lic area, imply­ing they are often down­loaded direct­ly from the museum’s internet­web site for non-com­mer­cial use. Once you browse the Met col­lec­tion and discover a picture that you just fan­cy, simply have a look at the low­er left-hand aspect of the picture. In the event you see an “OA” icon and the phrases “pub­lic area” (as proven within the examination­ple under), you’re free to make use of the picture, professional­vid­ed that you just abide by the Met’s phrases.

In mak­ing this col­lec­tion avail­ready on-line, the Met joined oth­er world-class muse­ums in placing massive troves of dig­i­tal artwork on-line. Wit­ness the 88,000 photographs from the Get­ty in L.A., the 125,000 Dutch mas­ter­items from the Rijksmu­se­um, the 50,000 artis­tic photographs from the Nation­al Gallery, and the 1.9 mil­lion photographs from the British Muse­um.

It takes a lit­tle persistence. However when you begin surf­ing via the Met’s dig­i­tal col­lec­tions, you could find and down­load photographs of some received­der­ful mas­ter­items. We’ve embed­ded just a few of our favourite picks. On the prime, you’ll discover the 1874 paint­ing “Boat­ing,” by Édouard Manet. Within the mid­dle, Rem­brandt’s “Self-Por­trait” from 1660. On the bot­tom, a 1907 pho­to­graph by Alfred Stieglitz referred to as “The Steer­age.” And that’s simply begin­ing to scratch the sur­face.

Hap­py rum­magazine­ing. And, when you’ve got some free time in your palms, you must also take a look at anoth­er open ini­tia­tive from the Met. The muse­um has additionally put 500+ free artwork books on-line. You may study them right here.

Be aware: An ear­li­er ver­sion of this submit appeared on our web site in 2014. We’ve got updat­ed it to mirror among the adjustments made within the Met col­lec­tion over the previous decade.

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