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I'm curious why I cannot get hi res scans of old masterpieces I can use as wallpaper on my monitor. Doing image searches only turns up low res versions.


Check out: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search?s=objecttype&p=1&ps=12&...

They require you to make an account, but they have tens of thousands of public domain photographs of many of the artworks in their collection.


That looks awesome! Thanks!


I'd guess that licensing such scans for quality reproductions is a source of revenue for museums.


I can't even find hi res scans of works held by the Library of Congress.




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