* Looks for the word in the artist name field only
** Looks in the artist nationality field
@ Location of the work
~ Keyword and title lines only

To give an illustration of how you might use this, ~Paris will retrieve works of Paris, whereas @Paris will retrieve images located in collections in Paris.

Portrait/Landscape

For portrait and landscape images please add either the words Vertical or Horizontal to your search. Both terms can be used together for square images.

Mona Lisa, detail of her hands  Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)  Louvre, Paris Giraudon		Mona Lisa

Copyright cleared imagery

If you wish to avoid having to pay an artists’ copyright fee on top of our image reproduction fee, you can search for images that are out of copyright by adding outofcopyright (no spaces) to your search words.

To avoid gallery permission as well, add allclear (no spaces) to your search words to restrict the images you are shown. Those flagged on our system as being out of copyright in the country of the origin of the artist will remain.*

You can also choose to restrict your searches to Bridgeman Artists’ material. This way, the Library can clear the permission for you. The shortcuts for these works are:

!CONT  For works by Bridgeman Contemporary Artists

!BACS  For works by Bridgeman Artists’ Copyright Service artists

* Generally, this will mean that these works are out of copyright worldwide, but please note that our copyright flagging is, by necessity, a simplification of legislation. Therefore, you should always satisfy yourself that extra clearances are not required before publishing the images.

For further picture research help please contact your Account Manager.

Search tips can also be found by going to the Search Tips section of our website