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Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

This catalog gathers 15 public-domain works given to the museum by Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro. Every work is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.

  1. Twin Babies Twin Babies Davis Brothers · 1870
  2. Girl with Doll Girl with Doll 1854
  3. Portrait of Man Leaning Away from Camera Portrait of Man Leaning Away from Camera 1844
  4. Two Oxen and Driver Two Oxen and Driver 1854
  5. The Hold-Up The Hold-Up 1884
  6. Young Man in Athletic Outfit Young Man in Athletic Outfit Oliver H. Willard · 1857
  7. Boy with Cigar Boy with Cigar 1855
  8. A Road in Williamstown A Road in Williamstown George K. Warren · 1870
  9. Allegorical Study of a Woman Allegorical Study of a Woman 1854
  10. Young Woman in Pantalettes Young Woman in Pantalettes 1855
  11. Self-Portrait (negative) Self-Portrait (negative) Louis-Rémy Robert · 1853
  12. Two Men Staging a Fight in a Studio Two Men Staging a Fight in a Studio 1860
  13. Untitled Untitled 1864
  14. Post-Mortem on Pillow Post-Mortem on Pillow 1855
  15. Reclining Nude with Slave Reclining Nude with Slave Marcel Meys · 1908

On provenance & the public domain

A credit line — the small "Gift of…" note beside a work on a museum wall — records its provenance: how the object passed from a private hand into a public collection, whether as an outright gift, a bequest left in a will, the purchase from a named endowment, or an entire collection acquired at once. Because these works are in the public domain, anyone can study, share, and reproduce them freely. Browsing by provenance follows the human story behind a museum's holdings — the collectors and benefactors whose generosity put these works where the public can see them.

Every work in this catalog is in the public domain; images come from the museums that hold them.