Artwork and Sources
Where the artwork comes from
Every design printed on an ARTTIKA product is a fragment of a real, identifiable artwork that is in the public domain. We do not generate artwork, we do not imitate a historical style and present it as historical, and we do not print anything whose origin we cannot document.
The rights rule
We select a work only when both of the following are true:
- The artist died before 1950.
- The work was published before 1930.
Together these clear copyright in Egypt (life plus 50 years), the EU and UK (life plus 70 years), and the United States, without relying on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction argument.
The image-file rule
A painting being in the public domain does not automatically free every photograph of it. Some institutions release the artwork's image under an open licence; others license their own photography for non-commercial use only.
So we download image files only from collections that publish them as CC0, Public Domain Mark or Open Access — among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Rijksmuseum, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Smithsonian Open Access, Getty Open Content and Paris Musées. Where an institution restricts its photography, we do not use that file, even when the painting itself is free.
What we record before printing
| Field | Why it exists |
|---|---|
| Artist | Attribution on the product page and the Artwork Record card |
| Title and date | Identifies the exact work, not a lookalike |
| Holding institution | Where the work and the file came from |
| Source URL | So the claim can be checked by anyone |
| Rights label as stated by the institution | The licence in the institution's own words |
| Commercial-use status | Whether it may lawfully appear on a sold product |
| Retrieval date | When we downloaded the file |
If any field is unclear, the work is blocked and never printed.
No endorsement, no partnership
ARTTIKA is an independent brand. Naming a museum, gallery or collection is factual attribution: it tells you which institution holds the work and where the image file came from. It is not a claim of endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship or partnership, and no institution named on this store has reviewed, approved or licensed our products.
Where AI is and is not used
- Never for the artwork printed on a product. No AI-generated image is presented as a historical artwork, and no authorship is altered.
- Allowed for presentation only: mockup scenes, campaign photography, packaging visuals and website imagery.
Your copy of the record
The Artwork Record card in your box carries the artwork image with the artist, title and date. Each design also has its own story page, reached from the card, showing the original work, the fragment we used, the factual attribution and its source.
Found a mistake?
If you believe an attribution or rights record on this store is wrong, tell us at info@arttika.shop. We will check it and correct it, and we will stop selling the design while we do.