Image Studio

To obtain digital images of objects from the Royal Museums of Art and History collections, please contact the Image Studio by e-mail. Providing the inventory number of the object or a brief description of the desired images will help us process your request. Prices are determined based on the availability of images.

Many digital images of our museum objects can be downloaded free of charge from the Carmentis online catalogue. If you prefer a high-resolution photo (TIFF, approximately 5000 × 7000 pixels), you can request it using the order form below. If the image is already in our files, we will send it to you free of charge. If a digital photo is not available, we can create one for you at cost price (€125). Please submit your request by completing the form below.

Name and address of the client

Info objects

Inventory numberInformation on the object

Usage of the requested photographic files

Book / Article

Multimedia (Internet, …)

Guidelines - General conditions

  • When using a digital image of the objects of the RMAH, we appreciate if you would cite the museum, as well as – where possible – the inventory number. This information will be supplied together with the visual material.
  • If the artist is still alive or passed away less than seventy years ago, the artist, his heirs or legal representatives can claim copyright in/on the reproduction of the work of art. More information about the right of use is available, among other places, on the UNISONO website. The RMAH is not responsible for any claims by third parties with regard to copyrights or any other rights based on works whose reproductions have been supplied to the applicant.
  • If the RMAH themselves hold the copyright to a protected work, the applicant should obtain permission for use/publication from the RMAH. In general, this permission will  be granted through a CC-BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/ legalcode)
  • For our Library we would like to receive a free copy of the publication / edition in which our images appeared. You can send it to : Royal Museums of Art and History, Image Studio, Parc du Cinquantenaire  10, 1000 Brussels (Belgium) or imagestudio@kmkg-mrah.be  (in case of digital publications).