The following news will be of interest to scholars who are looking for freely accessible medieval and early modern images.

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles has made available, without charge, all available digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. No permission is required.

Initially, the images available through the Open Content Program are of works in the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collections. Over time, images from the Getty Research Institute and the Getty Conservation Institute will be added.

For full details, visit: http://www.getty.edu/about/opencontent.html