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Tridevi: Lakshmi, Parvati, Saraswati

Undated religious art print without copyright notice, purchased by uploader in antique lot of deity prints, and electronically scanned, sharpened and color-enhanced to counteract wash-out/fading.

Undated version of ancient, oft-rendered religious imagery

Painting appears to be signed by a V.V. Sapar

Public domain; also non-profit educational use of an print originally designed as ephemera (calendar art) for devotional (i.e. not commercial or proprietary) use, from an original, non-copyrightable artwork in the public domain.

This image is exempted from copyright protection under the Indian Copyright Act of 1957, as amended: "52. (1) The following acts shall not constitute an infringement of copyright, namely [...] (t) the publishing of a painting, drawing, engraving or photograph of a sculpture, or other 'artistic work' {defined as "a painting, a sculpture, a drawing [...], an engraving or a photograph, whether or not any such work possesses artistic quality [... and] any other work of artistic craftsmanship} permanently situate in a public place or any premises to which the public has access," including religious establishments.

Also under section 52, this is "a fair dealing with [an] artistic work for the purposes of" non-profit educational usage "in a collection, mainly composed of non-copyright matter, bona fide intended" for educational usage.

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of an original two-dimensional work of art. The original image comprising the work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Canada, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement that rule of the shorter term.  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | +/-

Under United States copyright law, originality of expression is necessary for copyright protection, and a mere photograph of an out-of-copyright work may not be protected under U.S.copyright law. This photograph was taken in the U.S. or in another country where a similar rule applies (for a list of allowable countries, see Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag#Country-specific rules).
This photographic reproduction is therefore also in the public domain.

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• Indian copyright act applies in India, to images first published in India.
• According to The Indian Copyright Act, 1957, all photographs and sound recordings enter the public domain after sixty years counted from the beginning of the following calendar year (ie. as of 2007, prior to 1-January-1947) after they were first published.