Art credits
The sculptures, vases, prints and skies on this site are photographs and scans of real museum works that are in the public domain or released under CC0. This page names each one, says where it is kept, who photographed it, under which licence we may use it, and what we did to it.
Sculpture, vases, prints and paintings
33 works from museum collections. The art on the other pages carries no captions, so this page is the credit for every work: where it is kept, who photographed it, its licence and a link to the object.
Sculpture
| Work | Medium | Kept at | Photograph | Licence | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeus of OtricoliHero bust, approvals | Marble bust, Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th century BCE | Vatican Museums, Museo Pio-Clementino, Sala Rotonda, Inv. 257 | Jastrow (2006) | Public domain (released by the photographer) | Object page for Zeus of Otricoli |
| Herm of Hermes, after AlkamenesResuming and fetching | Marble herm, Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BCE | Vatican Museums, Museo Chiaramonti, Inv. 1211 | Jastrow (2006) | Public domain (released by the photographer) | Object page for Herm of Hermes, after Alkamenes |
| Athena Parthenos, bust with the aegisVerification | Marble, Roman copy after Phidias | Musee du Louvre, Ma 91 | Jastrow (2006) | Public domain (released by the photographer) | Object page for Athena Parthenos, bust with the aegis |
| MedusaQuarantine | Marble bust by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 17th century | Musei Capitolini, Rome | Jastrow (2006) | Public domain (released by the photographer) | Object page for Medusa |
| A PhilosopherThe person who approves | Marble bust by Pierre Puget, 1662 | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.121 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for A Philosopher |
| Head of a Bearded ManPage not found | Marble, Roman, about 125 CE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.535 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Head of a Bearded Man |
| Marble head of Zeus AmmonSecond Zeus | Marble, Roman, about 120 to 160 CE | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.22 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | CC0 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Marble head of Zeus Ammon |
| Marble head from a hermThe messenger | Marble, Greek, probably late 5th century BCE | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 59.11.24 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | CC0 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Marble head from a herm |
| Juno LudovisiQuestions | Colossal marble head, Roman, after a Greek original | Palazzo Altemps, Museo Nazionale Romano, Inv. 8631 | Jastrow (2006) | Public domain (released by the photographer) | Object page for Juno Ludovisi |
| SerapisThe one who holds | Marble bust, Roman copy after Bryaxis | Vatican Museums, Museo Pio-Clementino, Inv. 689 | Jastrow (2003) | Public domain (released by the photographer) | Object page for Serapis |
| Portrait Head of Emperor Vespasian, Recut from Head of NeroTerms | Marble, Roman, 64 to 79 CE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1929.998 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Portrait Head of Emperor Vespasian, Recut from Head of Nero |
| Head of TrajanPrivacy | Marble, Roman, 100 to 200 CE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.468 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Head of Trajan |
| Portrait Head of a Woman, Probably the Empress Faustina MinorTrademarks | Marble, Roman, about 165 CE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.161 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Portrait Head of a Woman, Probably the Empress Faustina Minor |
| Portrait Bust of the Empress Claudia OctaviaCookies | Marble, Roman, 50 to 70 CE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.943 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Portrait Bust of the Empress Claudia Octavia |
| Portrait Head of C. Cornelius Gallus (?)Extension privacy | Marble, Roman Egypt, about 30 BCE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.20 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Portrait Head of C. Cornelius Gallus (?) |
| Portrait Head of a Noble or OfficialAcceptable use | Marble, Roman, 175 to 200 CE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952.260 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Portrait Head of a Noble or Official |
| Head of Alexander the GreatUse cases | Marble, Hellenistic, about 300 to 200 BCE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1927.209 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Head of Alexander the Great |
| Bust of the Ludovisi CiceroAbout | Marble bust on a red marble base, Italy, 1600s or later | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.1004 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Bust of the Ludovisi Cicero |
Vases and reliefs
| Work | Medium | Kept at | Photograph | Licence | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-Figure White-Ground Lekythos: Athena between Cocks and HieropoioiAthena on a vase | Greek vase, Attic, by the Athena Painter, 500 to 485 BCE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.42 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Black-Figure White-Ground Lekythos: Athena between Cocks and Hieropoioi |
| Black-Figure Trefoil Oinochoe: Europa on BullCarried across | Greek vase, Attic, about 530 BCE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1929.978 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Black-Figure Trefoil Oinochoe: Europa on Bull |
| Red-Figure Column Krater: Apollo and Goddesses with ChariotCredits; Frieze | Greek vase, Attic, by the Cleveland Painter, about 470 to 460 BCE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1930.104 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Red-Figure Column Krater: Apollo and Goddesses with Chariot |
| Fragment from a Black-Figure Panathenaic Amphora: Apollo and ZeusZeus and Apollo on a sherd | Greek vase fragment, Attic, by the Antimenes Painter, about 520 BCE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1915.533.a | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Fragment from a Black-Figure Panathenaic Amphora: Apollo and Zeus |
| Circular Altar with Hermes and Pallas AthenaHermes and Athena in relief | Marble relief, Roman, 100 BCE to 100 CE | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1915.559 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Circular Altar with Hermes and Pallas Athena |
Prints and drawings
| Work | Medium | Kept at | Photograph | Licence | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tempio di Giove TonanteArchitecture | Etching and engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, about 1748 | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1921.1156 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Tempio di Giove Tonante |
| Views of Rome: Temple of the Sibyl at TivoliRound temple | Etching and engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, about 1761 | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.236 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Views of Rome: Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli |
| Hermes orders Calypso to release OdysseusMessenger line drawing | Outline engraving after John Flaxman for Homer's Odyssey, edition of 1810 | Illustration to the Odyssey (public-domain book plate) | John Flaxman (1755 to 1826), engraved plate | Public domain (artist died 1826) | Object page for Hermes orders Calypso to release Odysseus |
| Zeus, Athena and HermesZeus line drawing | Outline engraving after John Flaxman for Homer's Odyssey, edition of 1810 | Illustration to the Odyssey (public-domain book plate) | John Flaxman (1755 to 1826), engraved plate | Public domain (artist died 1826) | Object page for Zeus, Athena and Hermes |
Paintings, used as skies
| Work | Medium | Kept at | Photograph | Licence | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branch Hill Pond, HampsteadHero sky | Oil on canvas by John Constable, 1828 | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.48 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead |
| Cloud StudySky with a golden horizon | Oil study by John Constable, about 1821 | Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection (image from the Google Art Project, via Wikimedia Commons) | Reproduction of a two-dimensional work from before 1900 | Public domain (artist died in 1837) | Object page for Cloud Study |
| Cloud StudyPearly clouds for dusk bands | Oil study by John Constable, about 1821 | Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection (image from the Google Art Project, via Wikimedia Commons) | Reproduction of a two-dimensional work from before 1900 | Public domain (artist died in 1837) | Object page for Cloud Study |
| Sketch for a CeilingCeiling sky | Oil on canvas by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750s | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.780 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for Sketch for a Ceiling |
| The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834Gold storm light | Oil on canvas by J. M. W. Turner, 1835 | The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.647 | The Cleveland Museum of Art | CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access) | Object page for The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834 |
What we did to the images
The photographs are real; we cut them out, balanced their light and gave them one colour family. We did not draw, repaint or generate anything in them.
- The statues were cut from their backgrounds with an open background-removal model, then cleaned by hand-set rules: one solid outline, no holes, a thin edge band recoloured from the stone next to it.
- Exposure is normalised over the stone only. Shadows lean ultramarine, highlights lean gold, and a little film grain is added.
- Vases and reliefs are cut out the same way, and their clay and paint are mapped onto gold and navy. Engravings and line drawings are printed as ultramarine ink on marble-coloured paper.
- The skies keep their brushwork. Warm paint stays gold, everything else becomes ultramarine, and the result is slightly softened.
- The marble textures behind cards and lettering are drawn by a program from noise, so no photograph is behind them.
The whole treatment is a script, art/build.py, in the site repository, with the list of sources in art/sources.json. Only the processed files are published; the originals are downloaded again when the script runs. No image on this site was made by a text-to-image generator.
If you hold rights in a work shown here and think a credit is wrong, write to info@vernesystems.com and we will correct it.
Typefaces and icons
| Name | Used for | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Cinzel | Headlines and the wordmark | SIL Open Font License 1.1, Copyright 2020 The Cinzel Project Authors (text) |
| Cormorant Garamond | Sub-headings and figure captions | SIL Open Font License 1.1, Copyright 2015 The Cormorant Project Authors (text) |
| Inter | Body text and interface | SIL Open Font License 1.1, Copyright 2016 The Inter Project Authors (text) |
| Windows, Linux and Apple logos | The download cards | Simple Icons, CC0 1.0 |
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