Reproductions of works from our collection can be ordered online. If a work is in the
public domain, there will be a link to download the image. These images are not covered by copyright and may be used without special permission.
Works under
copyright are marked with the © symbol and may only be used with permission from the listed owner of those rights. This means that you need to obtain the right to use the image directly from the creator or copyright-holder of the work, but you can still order the digital image from us. You can request these copyright-protected images by emailing us
here.
For reproductions of works from our collection that are not accessible on line or for which digital images are not available, please direct your inquiry to:
Image Rights and Reproduction.
Requests for new imaging are subject to a fee. The Kunstmuseum Basel reserves the right to impose a charge for requests that require significant research effort.
Any works from the collections of the Kunstmuseum Basel that are in the public domain are available for download free of charge. These images are labelled
Bilddaten gemeinfrei - Kunstmuseum Basel. No further inquiry is necessary for these images to be:
• shared publicly or privately (transferred, redistributed, copied)
• used for any purpose (private, scholarly, or commercial)
• adapted (altered, supplemented, used to produce something new, etc.)
Images in our collection protected by copyright are marked with the © symbol and may only be used with permission of the listed owner of those rights. This means that you need to obtain the usage rights for the work from the creator or other copyright-holder. You can still order the reproduction of the work from us here:
Image Rights and Reproduction.
Author's copy
If you are using reproductions of our works in scholarly publications, we ask that you submit your publication details
here. Please send one copy of your publication, without further prompting, to the following address:
Kunstmuseum Basel
Bibliothek, Leitung
Postfach
CH-4010 Basel
Fair use of works in the public domain
Recommendations
PROVIDE ATTRIBUTION AND SOURCES
When you use images or texts in the
public domain, please provide the name of the artist or author, if known. To ensure that others will also know where to find the work, or the reproduction of the work or texts related to it, please also add a reference to the Museum (e.g., link to the entry on the work in our online catalog).
Suggested citation format: Artist, Title, Source, Date Accessed.
Example: Pablo Picasso, Les deux frères, in: Kunstmuseum Basel, Sammlung Online, https://sammlung.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/en/collection/item/1497/, accessed 27/11/2016.
PROTECT THE REPUTATION OF THE ARTISTIC CREATOR AND THE MUSEUM
If you alter an image in the public domain, do not attribute your changes to the original creator or the museum. The logo of the museum may not, under any circumstances, be associated with an image that has been altered.
SHOW RESPECT FOR THE ORIGINAL
Please do not use the works in an unlawful or misleading context. If you alter and publish an image of a public domain work, indicate clearly that it has been modified from the original.
SHARE KNOWLEDGE
If you use a public domain work to create new work, or you have information about a work in the public domain—for instance, regarding its provenance, its creator, its content, or other rights holders—please share your knowledge. Tag and annotate work published online, and send the information to the institution that provided access to the original public domain work, in this case to the Kunstmuseum Basel.
BE SENSITIVE TO OTHER VALUES
If the work contains culturally sensitive elements, please be judicious and considerate in your actions; be aware that your alteration or even simple use of such elements might offend or insult other people or cultural communities.
RETAIN PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICES
Users of public domain works are asked to retain any notices regarding the copyright status of the work.
These recommendations are adapted from: The Europeana Usage Guidelines for public domain works. Please respect them.