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Nicholas J. Velloney

This catalog gathers 17 public-domain works bequeathed to the museum by Nicholas J. Velloney. Every work is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.

  1. Amoenissimae aliquot locorvm...: Plate 5, Augsburg Amoenissimae aliquot locorvm...: Plate 5, Augsburg Wenceslaus Hollar · 1635
  2. Moated Town Gate Moated Town Gate Wenceslaus Hollar · 1676
  3. The Waterhouse The Waterhouse Wenceslaus Hollar · 1665
  4. Nobilis Mulier Anglica in Vestitu Hiemali Nobilis Mulier Anglica in Vestitu Hiemali Wenceslaus Hollar · 1643
  5. Standing Woman Standing Woman Charles Paul Renouard · 1900
  6. Crouching Male Nude Crouching Male Nude 1904
  7. Three Head Studies Three Head Studies 1604
  8. Standing Male Nude Standing Male Nude 1904
  9. Compositional Sketches after Raphael and other artists Compositional Sketches after Raphael and other artists 1800
  10. Seated Female Nude from the Rear Seated Female Nude from the Rear 1904
  11. Compositional Sketches after Raphael and other artists (recto) Compositional Sketches after Raphael and other artists (recto) 1800
  12. Compositional Sketches after Raphael and other artists (verso) Compositional Sketches after Raphael and other artists (verso) 1800
  13. Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated Woman Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated Woman Joseph Vernet · 1704
  14. Rearing Horse and Rider Rearing Horse and Rider Antonio Tempesta · 1600
  15. The Man-Servant of Limier Rising from Bed The Man-Servant of Limier Rising from Bed Horace Vernet · 1818
  16. Corsica e Satiro Corsica e Satiro William Ryland · 1762
  17. Decorative Urn Decorative Urn Jean Le Pautre · 1604

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.