famous paintings in public domain

Arrival of Rollo in Normandy from BL YT 33, f. 1

Detail of a miniature of the arrival of Duke Rollo in Normandy, with the city of Rouen on the left. Image taken from f. 1 of Grande Chronique de Normandie. Written in French.

Girl with Cherries - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Jacopo Tintoretto - Christ at the Sea of Galilee

Public domain image of painting, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

David Teniers the Younger - The Good Samaritan

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Rose blossoms on stem with leaves

Typed on label attached to verso: This flower study was painted by William W. Thackara 1791-1839 water colors. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms par... More

John Adams : from a painting by Chappel in the possession of the publi...

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lemons - Public domain dedication, National Gallery of Art

Public domain image of painting from the National Gallery of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Ludwig van Beethoven - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait, bust, full. Photograph of reproduction of painting by Carl Jaeger (1833-1887). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions.

The Boston Tea Party. (painting)

The Boston Tea Party. (painting) Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Biblical Scene, perhaps the Prophet Elijah Visited by an Angel

Public domain image of Dutch print, mythology, allegory, nudity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The biker, date unknown - Public domain portrait

Photographer: Reuben R. Sallows (1855 - 1937)..Description: .Studio portrait of young boy on bicycle, full-length, facing front; boy wears white t-shirt and shorts, black socks and training shoes; dark hair par... More

Landscape from a Dream: painting, Paul Nash 1889 - 1946

Artist: Paul Nash(11 May 1889 – 11 July 1946) Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Norman Rockwell - Freedom of Want

Henry II of England - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain photograph of 19th-century English painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Queen Elizabeth I from NPG (3) - Public domain portrait painting

Queen Elizabeth I, by unknown artist. See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. Al... More

The Relief of Lucknow, 1857 by Thomas Jones Barker

See source website for additional information. Public domain photograph of 19th-century British painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herkulaneischer Meister 002, fresco, Italy

Tondo of Woman with wax tablets and stylus (so-called "Sappho"), National Archaeological Museum of Naples (inventory no. 9084). Roman fresco of about 50, from Pompeii (VI, Insula Occidentalis) - Discovered in 1... More

Indian - Krishna Dancing with Gopi - Walters W858

Krishna dances at the center between two groups of admiring gopi. Those on his left form an orchestra, while those on his right serve as an appreciative audience.

Walter Crane - Swan and Rush and Iris wallpaper Walter Crane

Design for a dado wallpaper Public domain reproduction of art nouveau poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Reaching for the moon", painting by Edward Mason Eggleston

"Reaching for the moon", painting by Edward Mason Eggleston. Print by U. Rae Colson.

Edward Robert Hughes - Midsummer Eve (1908c)

Jean Honore Fragonard - The Swing (attributed)

Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Louis Jean François Lagrenée (1725-1805) (after) - Cupid and Psyche, A...

Lagrenee, Louis Jean Francois; Cupid and Psyche, Allegory of the Five Senses (dessus de porte); The Bowes Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/cupid-and-psyche-allegory-of-the-five-senses-dessus-de-porte-45481

Thomas Stothard - The Return of Othello, from Othello, Act II, Scene i...

'Othello', Act II, Scene 1, the Return of Othello (from the Boydell series) Thomas Stothard (1755–1834) Royal Shakespeare Company Collection

Ada Lovelace portrait - Public domain portrait painting

Watercolor portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (Ada Lovelace) Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L'aube 09679 (cropped) - A painting of two women in a field of flowers

Deutsch: Die Morgendämmerung.English: Dawn.Français : L'aube. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A classical beauty, by Luis Ricardo Falero

A classical beauty oil on canvas 73.7 x 40.6 cm signed t.r.: LFALERO/89

Catwithacigar - Drawing. Public domain image.

Português: Gato fumando um cigarro Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Democritus by Agostino Carracci

Italiano: Il Democrito è un quadro di Agostino Carracci, che si trova a Napoli nel Museo di Capodimonte, facente parte della Collezione Farnese. Il dipinto riprende l'iconografia del filosofo Democrito che rid... More

Mengs, Hesperus als Personifikation des Abends

One of an ensemble of four paintings with personifications of the times of day intended as supraportas for the boudoir of Maria Luisa of Parma, Princess of Asturia. Français : La toile fait partie d'un ensemb... More

Milagro de los panes y los peces, de Juan de Espinal (Ayuntamiento de ...

Español: La obra representa la Multiplicación de los panes y los peces, que fue uno de los milagros realizados por Jesucristo durante su vida pública.

The butterfly - Frederick Morgan

The butterfly, by Frederick Morgan Public domain photograph - child portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The-Mermaid - Public domain portrait drawing

Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Toussaint Louverture - Girardin

A portrait of Toussaint Louverture Oil on Canvas, 65.1 x 54.3 cm. (25.6 x 21.4 in.) bostonhaitian.com Français : Portrait de Toussaint Louverture anneauxdelamemoire.org

Poster 13154 - A picture of a poster for a campari

"Bitter Campari" is a painting by Leonetto Cappiello. It is an advertisement for campari, a type of bitters. Painted c. 1921.

Redoute - Rosa centifolia foliacea

Rosa centifolia foliacea, a painted engraving of a rose by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840).

Painting Djehutihotep daughter - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of a daughter of the ancient Egyptian nomarch Djehutihotep, depicted in his tomb at Deir el-Bersha. Times of Senusret III, 12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom.

The pilgrims signing the compact, on board the May Flower, Nov. 11th, ...

Print showing the Pilgrims, below deck on the Mayflower, signing the Mayflower Compact. Engraving by Gauthier after painting by T.H. Matteson. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1859 by W. Schaus... More

Wood on the Downs: painting, Paul Nash 1889 - 1946

Artist: Paul Nash(11 May 1889 – 11 July 1946) Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lecture from BL Royal 17 E III, f. 36

Detail of a miniature of a lecture. Image taken from f. 36 of De proprietatibus rerum (Livre des proprietez des choses). Written in French.

Christ Healing the Blind - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Muse...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

René Descartes, 1596-1650, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing right. Engraving by W. Holl after painting by Franz Hals. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P Index (2); BI; Shelf.

Charles Joseph Natoire - The Rebuke of Adam and Eve

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mary Wollstonecraft, half-length portrait, facing left]

Photograph of a stipple engraving by James Heath, ca. 1797, after a painting by John Opie. Stamped on verso: Sewall Coll. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

J. Stuart Mill / E. Hader, pinxit ; phot. u. verl. v. Sophus Williams,...

Public domain photograph of portrait print, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The underground railroad / Chas. T. Webber.

African Americans in wagon and on foot, escaping from slavery. 52844(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of a painting by Charles T. Webber in the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Renoir - Child with Blond Hair - Public domain portrait painting

Picryl description: Public domain portrait of a child, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Soir antique - Petit Palais Musee des Beaux Arts de la ville de Paris

Date et signature - Signé et daté en bas à droite : "A. Osbert 1908" Inscription concernant le titre - Inscription au dos, de la main de l'artiste : "Soir Antique. A. Osbert. 1908"

[Cowboy on a bucking bronco] / F. Remington.

F69882 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Frederic Remington.

The Conquerors (Culebra Cut, Panama Canal)

Jonas Lie (American, 1880–1940) Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Deutsches U-boot versenkt englischen frachtdampfer / Adolf Bock 1941.

Print shows German sailors standing on the conning tower of a u-boat after sinking a British cargo ship. Original signed in lower left. Forms part of: Third Reich Collection (Library of Congress).

Amitayus Mandala, 19th century painting

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carl Reichert - Christmas. Painting sold at Dorotheum

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nicola Vaccaro - Adam and Eve with the Infants Cain and Abel

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Cain and Abel - the first two sons of Adam and Eve. According to the book of Genesis... More

King James I of England and VI of Scotland by John De Critz the Elder

King James I of England and VI of Scotland, after John De Critz the Elder (died 1647). See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait... More

Thomas Hobbes by John Michael Wright

Thomas Hobbes Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marianna Martines, Pupil of P. Metastasio; born in Vienna, 4th day of ...

Deutsch: Marianna MartinesEnglish: Marianna Martines, Pupil of P. Metastasio; born in Vienna, 4th day of May 1744, Member Academia Filarmonica

Cary-Yale Tarot deck - Death - Public domain dedication image

Death from the Cary-Yale Visconti tarot deck Italiano: La Morte del mazzo Tarocchi Visconti di Modrone, detti anche Cary-Yale.

Fathers of Confederation LAC c001855

Photo by James Ashfield of Canadian artist Robert Harris' 1884 painting, "Conference at Québec in 1864, to settle the basics of a union of the British North American Provinces", also known as "The Fathers of Co... More

Medieval peasant meal, illuminated manuscript

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Detail, "Cleopatra" by Edward Mason Eggleston, 1934 (cropped)

"Cleopatra,” painting by Edward Mason Eggleston, 1934. This was published as a calendar print by Beatrice Decker.

John Everett Millais Red Riding Hood

Painting of the artist's daughter Effie as Little Red Riding Hood.

Eos, 19th century painting

Picryl description: Public domain image of a beautiful creature, angel, wings, mythological scene, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Evelyn De Morgan (1855-1919) - Moonbeams - 541079 - National Trust

de Morgan, Evelyn; Moonbeams; National Trust, Knightshayes Court; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/moonbeams-100320

Study of a Witch, by Luis Ricardo Falero

Study of a Witch oil on cardboard 18.5 x 23.4 cm inscribed verso: Etude de Sorciere N.22 / par Louis Falero / de la collection d'ebauches / et oeuvres inedites / signe par son fils / RFalero

John William Waterhouse - Magic Circle

Public domain photograph of 18th-century female portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Erotic Art: Julian Mandel 4

Lady reclining, tinted photograph credited to Julian Mandel. Public domain photograph - erotic, erotism, naked, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waldmüller - Rosenstrauß am Fenster

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John William Waterhouse At The Shrine

Public domain scan of a female portrait, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sant-Agnese-Vergine-e-martire

Sant'Agnese Vergine e martire Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hector, portrait - Public domain portrait painting

Old Hector (c. 1792-1823) was a sire of Walers, trotters and was an important sire in colonial Australian bloodhorse breeding.

Макавае поле - A painting of a field of red flowers

Беларуская: Макавае поле Public domain photograph related to the history of Russia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ary Scheffer - The Temptation of Christ (1854)

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Dutch art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Paiting of Heart of jesus in Église Saint-Charles-Borromée (Charlesbou...

Oil on canvas in the right arm of the transept: Vision of Margaret Mary Alacoque, nun of the Visitation The Visitation is a scene in the New Testament that depicts the meeting between Mary, the mother of Jesu... More

Peter I by anonymous after Nattier (18th c., IRLI)

Русский: Неизвестный художник с оригинала Ж.-М. Наттье 1717 г. Портрет императора Петра I. Поступление: от О.В. Дмитриевой в 1973 г. Учетный номер: ПД-88158. © ИРЛИ (Пушкинский Дом) РАН.

The First Thanksgiving Jean Louis Gerome Ferris

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Kandinsky - Both Striped, 1932

Both Striped Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a Russian-born painter and art theorist, a pioneer of abstract art. Kandinsky and moved to Munich in 1896. Kandinsky's early work was influenced by the Impressio... More

Kandinsky - Mark with Accompaniment, 1927

Mark with Accompaniment Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a Russian-born painter and art theorist, a pioneer of abstract art. Kandinsky and moved to Munich in 1896. Kandinsky's early work was influenced by th... More

Woodrow Wilson with Soldiers in Europe

Local Accession Number: 1802..Description: Painting of President Wilson with Soldiers in Europe, by Stanley Dersh...Photographer: Unknown..Source: Unknown..Size: 8x10.5..Medium: Print, Color..Date: Unknown

Photo of The Adoration of the Magi - Public domain dedication

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Portrait of a Young Man - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Claude Monet - Bouquet of Sunflowers

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A. Lincoln showing Sojourner Truth the Bible presented by colored peop...

Photograph of a painting. R.D. Bayley, Battle Creek, Mich. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Return of the war party / Frederic Remington.

Indian warriors on horseback. G51971 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Frederic Remington.

[Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, half-length, facing front, hand in vest]

J231173 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo of painting by Mrs. Norman Burwell. Copyright by Archer G. Jones. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

Smooth Leaved Green Antigua Pineapple - George Brookshaw

Botanical drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of drawing, 19th century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl descriptio... More

Hibou - Drawing. Public domain image.

Author: Léon Spilliaert

Anderson Sophie The Time Of The Lilacs

Public domain photograph of 19th-century female portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Anton Koch - Dante and Virgil in the Second Circle in Hell

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Martinez-prometeo. Painting, 16th century.

Español: La obra representa a Ticio encadenado y a un buitre devorándole las entrañas como eterno castigo.

Brooklyn Museum - Herod (Hérode) - James Tissot - overall

Public domain image of a religious scene, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Christian Art, Bible, New Testament, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

David and Saul (Ernst Josephson) - Nationalmuseum - 18809

Picryl description: Public domain image of a painting, Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jesus Washing the Feet of his Disciples (Albert Edelfelt) - Nationalmu...

Christ washing the Disciples' feet 

Erotic Art: Femdom Spanking Art

Painting of S/M sexuality Public domain photograph of erotic art, sexuality, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sophie Gengembre Anderson Wait for me

Wait for Me! (Returning Home from School) Public domain photograph - child portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Romeo and Juliet (detail) by Frank Dicksee

Detail of Romeo and Juliet: "The romance portrayed in this painting is phenomenal. They have eyes closed as to be completely lost in the moment. Juliet's arm on his neck pulls him in, even as his hand on her ar... More

After Anthonis Mor Mary I of England

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Heinrich Knirr – „Führerbildnis“ (1937)

Deutsch: „Führerbildnis“ (1937) English: Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a light brown jacket with four pockets (Waffenrock) as a political uniform as leader of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), left hand on hip, and wear... More

Mermaid illustration by Edmund Frederick - fairy tale illustration

Illustration for "The Green Mouse" by Robert W. Chambers, published in 1910. Art by Edmund Frederick

Rudowlosa2, portrait - Public domain portrait painting

Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.