Library databases:

Like written sources, images also need to be properly cited. Always cite (give credit) where you found the image. Here are examples of the information needed.

A museum object

Artist's Name (First and Last)
Title and Date
Museum Name and Location
Image Source and ID Number

Example:

Andokides Painter, Neck-Handled Amphora: Herakles & Cerberus, ca. 510 B.C.  Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.  ARTstor: UCSD_41822000405785

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 An image from ARTstor

Artist's Name (First and Last)
Title of the Work
Date of the Work
Image Source
Database
Date of Access

Example:

Simon de Vlieger, Three Geese, ca. 1600-1653. The Illustrated Bartsch. Vol. 1, Netherlandish Artists. Available from: ARTstor, http://www.artstor.org (accessed September 30, 2009)

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An image from a Website

Artist's Name (First and Last)
Title of the Work
Date of the Work
Image Source
Website
Date of Access

Example:

Claude Monet, Haystacks (Effects of Snow and Sun). 1891. From The Metropolitan Museum of Art, http://www.metmuseum.org (accessed September 29, 2009).

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An image from a Book

Artist’s Name (First and Last)
Title of the Work
Date of the Work
Image Source
Book Publication Information (including location of the image in the book)

Example:

Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, ca. 1503-1505. Louvre, Paris. From Gardner’s Art Through The Ages: A Global History by Fred S. Kleiner. Boston, MA : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2009.  Page 583, fig. 22-5.

Some information and images in this box were reproduced with permission from http://libguides.bc.edu/arthistory