Walters Art Museum Online Collection

Walters Art Museum, Maryland, United States
Signorelli, Luca. The Archangel Gabriel, ca. 1490. Oil on panel, 78.3 cm x 53.8 cm x 1.2 cm. Maryland, The Walters Art Museum.

Description icon-questionA descriptive note detailing the content and context of the digital collection.

The collection of Walters Art Museum contains thousands of art works from the third millennium B.C to the 20th century, ranging from mummies to arms and armor, from old master paintings to Art Nouveau jewelry around the globe and across ages. Through their online collections, users can search or browse images in several ways, which include category, date, creator, medium and tags. Users can also login using their Facebook account to create their own online collections.

Collection Type icon-questionBroad terms that define the type of digital collection

Subject icon-question Broad terms or phrases that describe, identify, or interpret the digital image collection and what it depicts or expresses. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute.

Style Period icon-questionTerms that define the styles, art periods, movements, etc. whose characteristics are represented in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute

Work Types icon-questionTerms that identify the kinds of works in the digital collection being described. It typically refers to a work’s physical form, function, or medium in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Thesaurus For Graphic Materials (TGM) by Library of Congress.

Openness icon-questionOpenness of the digital collection determined using the 4R activities by Wiley (2010).

Allow Reuse, Redistribute, Revise and Remix for educational and non-commercial purposes

Allow Reuse, Redistribute, Revise and Remix for educational and non-commercial purposes

Notes on Usage icon-questionAdditional notes on the terms of use on the digital images in the collection.

Images in the museum’s online collection are made available under a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. Copyright is waived and the museum “allow for unrestricted use of digital images and metadata by any person, for any purpose“. Proper citation and and giving credit to “The Walters Art Museum” is required when using images.

e.g. Signorelli, Luca. The Archangel Gabriel, ca. 1490. Oil on panel, 78.3 cm x 53.8 cm x 1.2 cm. Maryland, The Walters Art Museum. http://thewalters.org.

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Please check their License page for full details before using images.