The two- or three-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in Switzerland (CopA art. 29), because its copyright protection period has expired. This also applies to the European Union and all other states with countries with copyright terms of life of the artist plus 70 years.
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This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain in its source country for the following reason:
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The two- or three-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in Switzerland (CopA art. 29), because its copyright protection period has expired. This also applies to the European Union and all other states with countries with copyright terms of life of the artist plus 70 years.
The creation of photographic reproduction of this (tridimensionnal) object, however, generates a new copyright and an additional statement should be provided to indicate the copyright status of the image.
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.