20,155 Free Images of Public Art

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Indian Canoe by Albert Bierstadt, c. 1886, oil on canvas - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC08433

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Mirror, Italian, c. 450 BC, bronze, H 5013 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05729

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Mirror handle, Etruscan, c. 100 BC, bronze, H 5015 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05728

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Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist, by Francesco Ubertini (Il Bacchiacca), Italian, c. 1525, oil on panel - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC05215

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Madonna and Child with St. Catherine, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1515, oil on panel - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08935

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Madonna and Child, by Domenico di Bartolo, Italian, detail, c. 1436, tempera on wood panel - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06648

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Medicine buddha Bhaishajyaguru, Indonesia, central Java, 700s-800s AD, high tin bronze - Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - DSC05112

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Memorial sculpture, Central Coast Salish, Tsartlip, West Saanich - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC08707

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Ostrich egg ewer, by Hans Clauss I, Germany, Nuremberg, c. 1630, ostrich egg, gilt silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06905

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Orangutan eating strawberries, by Tethart Philip Christian Haag (1737-1812), oil on canvas - Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum - DSC04944

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Nocturne in Blue and Silver, by James Abbot McNeill Whistler, c. 1871-1872, oil on panel - Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University - DSC01240

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Planetary Clock by Philipp Imser with Gerhard Emmoser, German, c. 1554-1561, gilt and silvered copper, brass, iron, view 1 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06871

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Insects, China, on Tetrapanax papyrifer paper - Robert C. Williams Paper Museum - DSC00386

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Jewelry box front with two arch-angels, Ellwangen-Pfahlheim, Ostalbkreis, c. 700 AD, linden wood - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC02994

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Jar, Kongo people, Congo, late 1800s, clay, plant resin - National Museum of Natural History, United States - DSC00458

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Kneeling Angels with Scrolls, Lower Rhine, late 15th century, gilt bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC03659

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Pieta by Vittorio Crivelli, detail 2 of 3, c. 1481, tempera on wood panel - University of Arizona Museum of Art - University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ - DSC08265

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Self portrait by Marie-Gabrielle Capet, detail, c. 1783, oil on canvas - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08605

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Tureen, France, Strasbourg, c. 1760-1780, tin-glazed earthenware - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05560

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The Visitation by the Master of the Retablo of the Reyes Catolicos (Master of the Catholic Kings), detail, 1496-1497, oil on wood - University of Arizona Museum of Art - U. Arizona - Tucson, AZ - DSC08151

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Robert d'Arcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, by Joshua Reynolds, 1775, oil on canvas - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08609

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Ride to falcon hunting, Northern France, 1325-1350, ivory - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC03664

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Portrait of Matthew Perry as Consul General, 1854 AD - Edo-Tokyo Museum - Sumida, Tokyo, Japan - DSC06897

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Powder flask, Tibet, horn - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC06049

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Standing cup attributed to Nicholas Pfaff, Bohemian, Prague, 1603-1610, ivory - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06938

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The First Sight of Moscow, by John Pott Laslett, Newark, England, 1892, oil on canvas - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08780

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The Last Judgement by Leandro da Ponte, called Leandro Bassano, c. 1595-1596, oil on panel - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08149

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Still Life with a Basket of Fruit, by Cornelis de Heem, c. 1654, oil on panel - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08426

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Stele with Buddhist triad, China, Sui dynasty or later, 581-618 AD or later, sandstone - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04820

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Steel helmet (Stahlhelm) banner, Räbke, Wolfenbüttel, c. 1930 AD - Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum - DSC04747

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Stängelglas, designed by Otto Prutscher, made by Meyr's Neffe, Adolf bei Winterberg (Bohemia), c. 1909, glass - Bröhan Museum, Berlin - DSC03986

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Organization (Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia) by Arshile Gorky, 1933-1934, oil on linen canvas on masonite - University of Arizona Museum of Art - University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ - DSC08023

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Helmet with dragonfly, Japan, 1800s AD, fabric, lacquer, brass, beetle wings - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07569

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Glass Window Illustrating the Production of Coins, commissioned by Wernhartt Zenckgraff, coinmaker in Schaffhausen, 1565 AD - Bode-Museum - DSC02571

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Medal commemorating the Battle of Waterloo, by Benedetto Pistrucci, 1815, gilt silver - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC03492

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Unknown instrument, possibly a solar observation shield, Germany, probably Augsburg, 1600-1625, pearwood, glass, silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06990

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Comb from a woman's grave, Kirchheim am Neckar, Kreis Ludwigsburg, c. 480, bone - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC02911

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Planetary Clock by Philipp Imser with Gerhard Emmoser, German, c. 1554-1561, gilt and silvered copper, brass, iron, view 3 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06875

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Vue vers le 'Béinchen', by Sosthène Weis, 1929, aquarelle - Villa Vauban - Luxembourg City - DSC06382

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Sint Hubert, 'de ijzerbroekwerker', Marian van Puyvelde, 1994

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Yamantaka, 1644-1911 AD - Sichuan University Museum - Chengdu, China - DSC06209

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The Princess Bibesco, by Edouard Vuillard, c. 1920, oil on cardboard - Museu de Arte de São Paulo - DSC07363

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The Road to Calvary, by Herri Met de Bles, Flemish, c. 1535, oil on wood panel - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06662

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The Road to Calvary, by Herri Met de Bles, Flemish, detail, c. 1535, oil on wood panel - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06663

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The Veil of St. Veronica Held by Angels, attributed to Michael Zeynsler, 3 of 3, c. 1520, lindenwood - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06375

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W.W. Clapp, Boston Morning Journal, Philadelphia Public Ledger, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes MET DP838872

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Vintage halved pear illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Human race illustrated by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally enhanced from our own 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle.

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Vintage woodblock print of Japanese textile from Shima-Shima (1904) by Furuya Korin. Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

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Vintage woodblock print of Japanese textile from Shima-Shima (1904) by Furuya Korin. Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

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A map of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands with the adjacent parts from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (1754) by Mark Catesby (1683-1749).

Shell fish illustration from Bijutsu Sekai (1893-1896) by Watanabe Seitei, a prominent Kacho-ga artist. Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

Black-necked Aracari, female from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis et Des Rolliers (1806) by Jacques Barraband (1767-1809).

Four-eye'd Night Butterfly (Phalæna plumata caudata) from The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (1754) by Mark Catesby (1683-1749).

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Collection of various butterflies from A history of the earth and animated nature (1820) by Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774). Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

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Naked woman showing her breasts, vintage nude illustration. Ex libris van Gianni Mantero (1907–1985) by Erna Friedländer. Original from The Rijksmuseum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

Bathers, Pouldu beach (Baigneuses, plage du Pouldu) (1899) painting in high resolution by Maurice Denis. Original from The Public Institution Paris Musées. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

Nude lady with breast showing. Woman Having Her Hair Combed (ca. 1886–1888) painting in high resolution by Edgar Degas. Original from The MET Museum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

The Loss of the Princess Alice saloon steamer in the Thames, Sept 3rd, 1878. An Authentic Narrative by a Survivor, not hitherto published. Heartrending Details - Facts not made public - Noble efforts to save life - RMG PU6772

Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) indicus illustrated by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally enhanced from our own 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle.

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Princely chariot from Histoire de l'art égyptien (1878) by Émile Prisse d'Avennes.

Entomology from A history of the earth and animated nature (1820) by Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774). Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

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Vintage woodblock print of Japanese textile from Shima-Shima (1904) by Furuya Korin. Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

Christmas card depicting a fireplace, stockings and a child from The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection published by L. Prang & Co.

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Printed muslins from the Industrial arts of the Nineteenth Century (1851-1853) by Sir Matthew Digby wyatt (1820-1877).

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Great speos: Great hall, east wall. Second painting from Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie (1835–1845) by Jean François Champollion (1790–1832).

Great speos: large gallery or vestibule, north wall. Bottom row, second [fourth] painting of northeast corner. from Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie (1835–1845) by Jean François Champollion (1790–1832).

Design for a trade publication titled- "Historical Copies Chronographically Arranged", by R. W. Hume; J. W. Schermerhorn & Co., 14 Bond Street, N. Y. MET DP805863

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The Simpson Chain by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896, brush, crayon, and spatter lithograph on wove paper, Wittrock P26 - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08833

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The Rear Side of Sanno from Akasaka Paulownia Field, from One Hundred Views of Musashi, Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1884, print - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon - DSC09394

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The Photographer Sescau by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896, brush, crayon, and spatter lithograph on wove paper, Wittrock P22 (C) - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08814

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The Sleeping Christ Child with Mary and Joseph, by Bartolomeo Schedoni, 1605-1607, oil on panel - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00607

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Basin, Syria, c. 1240 AD, brass inlaid with silver - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04704

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Fish plate, attributed to Darius Painter workshop, Greek-South Italian, Apulia, c. 340-320 BC, red-figure terracotta - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC07624

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Elephant Bandwagon, Sells-Floto & Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, c. 1906, wood and iron - Circus Museum - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00414

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Drinking bowl, Jian ware with hare's fur glaze, China, Fujian Province, Jian kilns, Northern or Southern Song dynasty, 1100s-1200s AD, stoneware, iron-colored glaze, metal - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05061

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Portrait of Elisabeth-Sophie-Constance de Lowendhal, Countess of Turpin de Crisse, by Jean-Honore Fragondard, 1775-1785, oil on canvas - Museu de Arte de São Paulo - DSC07173

Tile - Hearst Castle - DSC06381

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The Visitation by the Master of the Retablo of the Reyes Catolicos (Master of the Catholic Kings), detail, 1496-1497, oil on wood - University of Arizona Museum of Art - U. Arizona - Tucson, AZ - DSC08149

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The Veil of St. Veronica Held by Angels, attributed to Michael Zeynsler, 2 of 3, c. 1520, lindenwood - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06373

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The Virgin Annunciate, Siena, c. 1360-1380, painted and gilded wood - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía - Madrid, Spain - DSC08542

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The Veil of St. Veronica Held by Angels, attributed to Michael Zeynsler, 1 of 3, c. 1520, lindenwood - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06371

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The Countess von Schoenfeld with Her Daughter, by Elisabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun, detail, 1793, oil on canvas - University of Arizona Museum of Art - University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ - DSC08091

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Tumaco zoomorphic stamp, 300 BC to 200 AD - Redpath Museum - McGill University - Montreal, Canada - DSC08231

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Sake cup set, Japan, 1700s or 1800s AD, wood, lacquer - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07521

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Wisconsin Railroad Car, Pullman Company, 1905 - Circus Museum - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00418

Truth and Strength, Dihl and Guerhard Manufactory, c. 1805-1815, unglazed porcelain, gilt bronze - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08713

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Cupid Supplicating Jupiter, by Peter Paul Rubens and studio, Flemish, c. 1611-1615, oil on canvas - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06566

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Cassone, Venice, Italy, c. 1560 AD, walnut - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía - DSC08617

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Secretary, France, 1804-1814, amboyna wood veneered on pine, gilt-bronze mounts, 23.147.1 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07689 (cropped and fixed angles)

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Pipe tomahawk owned by Carl Magnus Wrangel, Iriquois, said to be from the Easton peace talks in 1758 AD - Etnografiska museet - Stockholm, Sweden - DSC01211

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Bamboo quiver, Yi people, China, Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 AD - Sichuan Provincial Museum - Chengdu, China - DSC04676

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Arhat Kalika, Tibet in a Chinese style, c. 16th-17th century AD, firegilt bronze - Linden-Museum - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03698

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An Indian Paradise (Green River, Wyoming), by Thomas Moran, 1911, oil on canvas - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04821

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St. Peters Place by Gasparo Morone-Mola, Pope Alexander VII, 1659 - Bode-Museum - DSC02797

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Mihrab, Afghanistan, Ghazni area, late 12th to early 13th century AD, marble - Linden-Museum - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03861

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Landscape with Dancing Satyrs and Nymphs, by Claude Gellee, called Claude Lorrain, 1646, oil on canvas - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08450

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Lake George by John Frederick Kensett, American, c. 1870, oil on academy board - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06952

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