Image Resources - Find & Understand Images

Search and view thousands of images in the National Gallery of Canada's collection, including plenty of Canadian material.

Over 7000 photographs and illustrations of Quebec between 1870 —1907, drawn from 3 Quebec periodicals published at the time: L'Opinion publique, Le Monde illustré et L'Album universel.

A reference database including information and profiles of more than 700 Canadian visual and media artists, graphic designers, and writers. Searchable by title of art work.

The Getty has made available over 4,600 high-resolution images of the Museum’s collection free to use, modify, and publish for any purpose. These images are in the public domain.

More than 400,000 images from the Met's collection. Filter search to "public domain artworks" to download and use freely images with no copyright restrictions.

A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Met's collection. Provides theme specific searches, as well as general browsing.

A collection of images from the national and regional museums of France, including the Louvre, Orsay, Pompidou and the Picasso Museum.

Provides free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. Includes section of materials on architecture and landscape.

Directory of galleries around the world containing images of artworks currently for sale.

A non-profit project of the author Allan T. Kohl, art historian and visual resources curator. AICT is intended primarily to disseminate images of art and architectural works in the public domain on a free-access, free-use basis to all levels of the educational community, as well as to the public. Emphasis is on ancient, medieval, and Renaissance European art and architecture but also includes examples of post-Renaissance and "non-Western" works.

The world’s largest stock photo archive of fine art. Offers a range of material from prehistoric times to the present. Art Resource carries the works of almost every major museum in Europe, and functions as the official rights and permissions representative for many institutions in the United States and abroad. These are not free images, but watermarked thumbnails are available.

This database is the largest single collection of images (over 27,000) of Greek vases, and is excellently indexed, not only by painter, vase shape, location, etc. but by subject. A good place to find images from both classical myths and from everyday life, with full scholarly apparatus.