Open Content

Informationen zu Open Content

As the first art museum in Austria, the Belvedere is committed to an Open Content Policy for images of art works no longer protected by copyright. These images are made available in print quality and free of charge via the Belvedere Website. The possibility to download high-quality images is intended to increase the collection’s international visibility and to facilitate scholarly publishing.

FAQs

Which media are freely available for download?

About half of the Belvedere collection is accessible online. Expansion of the available content is ongoing. Shared data is licensed under Creative Commons and free to use.

Works whose copyright protection has expired are available for download as part of the Open Content program.

Protected works - such as works by artists who died less than 70 years ago - are subject to copyright law. In these cases, it is necessary to clarify the rights for use of such images with the Belvedere Research Center’s Reproduction & Picture Library: Image Archive & Reproductions

Which Creative Commons license is used?

The images of works from the Belvedere whose copyright protection has expired are in the public domain:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

You can copy, modify and distribute the work, even for commercial purposes, without asking for permission.

How does the download of images work?

Images can be obtained by simply pressing the download button. Information about the image and a note about the license can also be found directly in the preview setting.

If you agree to send a copy to the Belvedere Library, please use the following address:

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
Research Center
Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27
1030 Wien

How to obtain images that are not part of the Open Content Program?

Images that are not freely available online can be requested directly from Belvedere Research Center’s Reproduction & Picture Library (repro@belvedere.at). For works which are subject to copyright law, the user is required to clear the rights. The Belvedere assumes no responsibility for the rights of third parties. If the Belvedere holds the necessary rights to a specific image, they will be gladly provided upon request.

What is IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework)?

IIIF is a tool that offers new possibilities for the extended use of digital images: It eases the dissemination, transfer, and analysis of visual media and allows for the direct comparison of images from other repositories that also use this format. For more information, please visit the IIIF-Website.