Ash Wednesday the end of Carnival

"Ash Wednesday" the end of Carnival Date: 1855-1860. Medium: color on canvas. Dimensions: 21 × 14 cm. Current location: Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. by Carl Spitzweg (February 5, 1808 – September 23, 1885) a German romanticist painter and poet. He is considered to be one of the most important artists of the Biedermeier era.

This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because it's copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, where Works published prior to 1978 were copyright protected for a maximum of 75 years. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" PDF. Works published before 1923, in this case 1860, are now in the public domain.

This image is also in the public domain in countries that figure copyright from the date of death of the artist (post mortem auctoris), in this case, Carl Spitzweg (February 5, 1808 – September 23, 1885) , and that most commonly runs for a period of 50 to 70 years from the last day of that year. +sookie tex