Public domain art in ivory

Artworks whose dominant colour is ivory, measured from the image itself rather than from a curator's tag. Every work here is free to download and reuse.

Works in Public domain art in ivory

Initial I: Entwined Beast and Serpent: Leaf from a Bible (2 of 2 Excised Leaves)

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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Adoration of the Magi (recto) and Text with Illustrated Border (verso) (3 of 3 Excised Leaves)

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Hoopoe on a Citrus Tree Branch

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Noblewoman at a Jharokha Window Holding a Rose, from a Portraits of Women series

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Toilette of Radha

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End of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines; Haribhadra’s final remarks; beginning of colophon, folio 187 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Unknown artist

Our Souls, in Languorous Gestures

Maurice Denis

Life Becomes Precious, Discreet

Maurice Denis

Allegory

Maurice Denis

Attitudes are Easy and Chaste

Maurice Denis

Morning Bouquet, Tears

Maurice Denis

It Was a Religious Mystery

Maurice Denis

The Knight Did Not Die in the Crusade

Maurice Denis

And It Is the Caress of Her Hands

Maurice Denis

Raja Ram Chand of Amber (r. 1667–88) Hunting Wild Boar

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Norwegian Seacoast During a Storm

Johan Christian Clausen Dahl

Single Leaf from a Bible: Initial E[t factum est] with Jonah Swallowed by the Whale

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Fol. 184r, Ezra II, historiated initial E, a priest censing an altar

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Fol. 218r, Psalm 26, historiated initial D, David kneeling pointing to his eyes, the bust of God above

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Fol. 227v, Psalm 80, historiated initial E, David hitting a carillon of hells

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Fol. 315r, Lamentations, historiated initial E, a kneeling Jeremiah praying to a bust of God

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Fol. 361v, Habbakuk, historiated initial O, Habbakuk holding a basket and two stones, seized by the hair by an angel

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Fol. 362v, Zephaniah, historiated initial V, Zephaniah kneeling with a scroll, bust of God above

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Fol. 382v, Maccabees II, historiated initial F, a golden chalice presented to a Jew

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Fol. 435v, Romans, historiated initial P, Paul seated with a sword talking to the bust of God above

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Fol. 445v, Corinthians II, historiated initial P, Paul standing with a sword, talking to the bust of God above

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Fol. 450v, Ephesians, historiated initial P, Paul seated with a sword, the bust of God above

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Fol. 452r, Philippians, historiated initial P, Paul standing with a sword and a scroll, talking to the bust of God above

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Fol. 457v, Timothy II, historiated initial P, Paul talking to the bust of God above

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Fol. 96r, Ruth, Historiated Initial I with Elimilech and Naomi.

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Fol. 112r, Kings II, historiated initial F, the beheading of the Amalekite

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Fol. 174v, Ezra, historiated initial I, Cyrus directing the building of the Temple

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Fol. 354v, Amos, historiated initial V, Amos kneeling in prayer, bust of God above

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Fol. 357v, Jonah, historiated initial E, Jonah swallowed by the whale, a walled city above

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Fol. 358v, Micah, historiated initial V, Micah kneeling, bust of God above

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Fol. 365r, Zachariah, historiated initial I, Zachariah standing with a scroll

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Fol. 391v, Matthew, full-length historiated initial L, the Tree of Jesse, with a sleeping Jesse at the base and six of the ancestors of Christ in irregular compartments

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Fol. 440v, Corinthians I, historiated initial P, Paul kneeling talking to the bust of God above

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Fol. 247v, Ecclesiastes, historiated initial V, Solomon teaching

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Fol. 350r, Hosea, historiated initial V, Hosea preaching to three men.

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Fol. 353r, Joel, historiated initial V, Joel seated with a scroll, bust of God above

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Fol. 360v, Nahum, historiated initial O, Nahum kneeling with a scroll, bust of God above

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Fol. 364r, Haggai, historiated initial I, Haggai with a scroll standing on a hybrid

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Fol. 368v, Malachi, historiated initial O, Malachi seated with a scroll

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Fol. 404r, Mark, historiated initial I, Mark standing with a scroll

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Fol. 454v,Thessalonians I, historiated initial P, Paul seated with a sword and a book, talking to the bust of God above

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Fol. 455v, Thessalonians II, historiated initial P, Paul seated with a sword, talking to the bust of God above

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Fol. 476v, James, historiated initial I, James standing with a scroll

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Fol. 481v, Jude, historiated initial I, Jude standing with a scroll

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Fol. 76v, Joshua, historiated initial E, Joshua with a scroll kneeling before God

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Fol. 86r, Judges, historiated initial R, Judah seated with a book talking to God

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Fol. 98r, Kings I, historiated initial F, Elkanah and Hannah kneeling before an altar with God appearing above

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Fol. 205r, Job, historiated initial V, Job on the dungheap given a gold earring by one of his sisters

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Fol. 230r, Psalm 97, historiated initial C, two clerics singing at a lectern.

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Fol. 477v, Peter, historiated initial P, Peter with a key, talking to the bust of God above

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Wisteria Maiden (Fuji Musume)

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Leaf from a Book of Hours: St. Bartholomew

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Preaching Amitabha with Avalokiteshvara and Manjushri, folio 186 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

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Initial S[alve sancta parens] with the Virgin Adored by Angels, and Singing Benedictine Monks: Single Leaf from a Gradual

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Prajnaparamita flanked by two bodhisattvas, folio 187 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

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