HS CIC: Citing Images

For a Painting, Photograph or Sculpture. 

If you viewed the artwork at the institution that houses it,

Last Name of Artist, First Name of Artist. Title of Work of Art. Date, Institution, Location of institution (if not included in institution name). 

OPTIONAL: If the medium and/or materials are important to your reference, you can include this information at the end of the entry.

Da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. 1503, Louvre, Paris.

OPTIONAL: Da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. 1503, Louvre, Paris. (Oil on poplar panel).

If you viewed the artwork on the website of the institution that houses it, change the comma after the date to a period AND add the URL. 

Da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. 1503. Louvre, Paris. https://focus.louvre.fr/en/mona-lisa.

If you viewed the artwork in a book or on a website, include the bibliographic information of the location after that of the artwork.

Da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. 1503. Louvre, Paris. Famous Works of Art in Popular Culture : a Reference Guide. by Lynda J Sperling, Greenwood Press, 2003, p. 173.

Da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. 1503. Louvre, Paris.  "Mona Lisa". Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Dec. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mona-Lisa-painting. Accessed 18 November 2021.

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