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public domain
work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain in its
source country
for the following reason:
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This image (or other media file) is in the
public domain
because its copyright has
expired
and its author is
anonymous
.
This applies to the
European Union
and those countries with a copyright term of 70 years after the work was made available to the public and the author never disclosed their identity.
Important
: Always mention where the image comes from, as far as possible, and make sure the author never claimed authorship.
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Note:
In Germany and possibly other countries, certain anonymous works published before July 1, 1995 are copyrighted until 70 years after the death of the author. See
Übergangsrecht
. Please use this template only if the author never claimed authorship or their authorship never became public in any other way. If the work is anonymous or pseudonymous (e.g., published only under a corporate or organization's name), use this template for images published more than 70 years ago.
For a work made available to the public in the United Kingdom, please use
Template:PD-UK-unknown
instead.
It is also in the public domain in the
United States
for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "
faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain
".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted;
see
Reuse of PD-Art photographs
for details.
