The Chicago Manual of Style is typically used for art history papers, but it's a good idea to check with faculty and follow the instructions you are given.

Image citations should be formatted according to the citation style you are using (Chicago, MLA, APA).

Citations generally include a combination of the following (or as much of it as can be easily determined from the source):

• Creator's name;
• Title of the work, as given;
• Location of the work (museum, library or owning institution, if known);
• Date;
• Database collection, if known; 
  • *NOTE: Google Images is not a database. If you choose to use images found via a Google search, you will need to trace the image to its original source.
• Rights information, if known.

See the following citation examples in Chicago Style, generally used in Art & Art History:

Image from a Book:

Alice Neel, Nancy and the Rubber Plant.  1975, Oil on canvas, 203.2 x 91.3 cm.  The Estate of Alice Neel.  From:  Ann Temkin et al.  Alice Neel.  New York:  Harry N. Abrams, 2000.  Plate 64.

Image from ARTstor/JSTOR:

Rogier van der Weyden, Saint Catherine of Alexandria.  1430-1432, Diptych panel, 18.5 x 12 cm.  Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.  Available from:  ARTstor, http://www.artstor.org (accessed June 19, 2019).

Image from Museum Website:

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi). The Musicians. Ca. 1595. Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 46 5/8 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, http://www.metmuseum.org (accessed June 19, 2019).

For examples in other citation styles (MLA, APA, etc.), see MIT Libraries' Guide to Citing Images or Simon Fraser University Library's Best practices for citing images.

Content in this box adapted from MIT Libraries, CC BY-NC

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