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Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr

This catalog gathers 21 public-domain works bequeathed to the museum by Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr. Every work is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.

  1. Canal in Autumn (Gisors) Canal in Autumn (Gisors) Henri Le Sidaner · 1913
  2. Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun · 1774
  3. Landscape with Hunters Landscape with Hunters Jan Wijnants · 1670
  4. Madame Nicolas Louis Faret Madame Nicolas Louis Faret Martin Drolling · 1812
  5. Portrait of a Musician Portrait of a Musician Andrea Appiani · 1800
  6. Haverstraw Bay Haverstraw Bay Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1868
  7. Nicolas Louis Faret Nicolas Louis Faret Martin Drolling · 1812
  8. Nicolas Louis Faret and Madame Nicolas Louis Faret Nicolas Louis Faret and Madame Nicolas Louis Faret Martin Drolling · 1812
  9. Portrait of a Woman with a Dog Portrait of a Woman with a Dog Hendrik Gerritsz Pot · 1635
  10. View of St. Peters, Rome View of St. Peters, Rome Achille Etna Michallon · 1818
  11. Portrait of a Woman Portrait of a Woman George Richmond · 1832
  12. Beach Scene at Sunset Beach Scene at Sunset James Hamilton · 1868
  13. Study of an Old Man Study of an Old Man 1886
  14. Study for "Country Cousins" Study for "Country Cousins" Richard Redgrave · 1848
  15. Near Chichester, Sussex Near Chichester, Sussex Muirhead Bone · 1909
  16. The Gout The Gout James Gillray · 1799
  17. The Main Brace The Main Brace Arthur John Trevor Briscoe · 1929
  18. The Louvre near the New Bridge The Louvre near the New Bridge Julien Louis Jacottet · 1838
  19. Stable Stable Charles-Émile Jacque · 1859
  20. Lady Godina's Rout;-or-Peeping-Tom Spying out Pope-Joan Lady Godina's Rout;-or-Peeping-Tom Spying out Pope-Joan James Gillray · 1796
  21. S. Giorgio Maggiore S. Giorgio Maggiore Michele Marieschi · 1741

On provenance & the public domain

A credit line — the small "Bequest 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.