Saturday, December 19, 2009

The Star of Bethlehem

The Star of BethlehemThe Star of Bethlehem, watercolour and bodycolour, 101 1/8 x 152 inches, signed and dated E. B. J. 1890, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet (28 August 1833 – 17 June 1898) Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Scanned from Stephen Wildman,Edward Burne-Jones: Victorian Artist-Dreamer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998, ISBN 0870998595

This Image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, where Works published prior to 1978 were copyright protected for a maximum of 75 years. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" PDF from the U.S. Copyright Office. Works published before 1924 are now in the public domain.

This inage is also in the public domain in countries that figure copyright from the date of death of the artist (post mortem auctoris in this case Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet 28 August 1833 – 17 June 1898), and that most commonly runs for a period of 50 to 70 years from December 31st of that year.

1 comment:

Royce Bair - free stock photos blog said...

This is truly a beautiful watercolor painting! Great colors.

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