Art Institute of Chicago Artwork Details (Full Catalogue Record by ID)
artic/artwork-details
Returns the full Art Institute of Chicago catalogue record for one artwork by its id (from Artwork Search): title and alternative titles, accession number, artist and artist id, the artist line, display date with start and end years and a date qualifier, place of origin, dimensions in cm and inches, medium, inscriptions, credit line, copyright notice, public-domain flag, whether and where it is on view or on loan, object type, department, style, subjects, provenance, exhibition history and the year acquired. Catalogue record only: no description text and no images. Data: Art Institute of Chicago public API, released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0) and the museum's Terms and Conditions.
Price
$0.0026 per call
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Data source
Data from the Art Institute of Chicago public API (api.artic.edu), released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0) and the Terms and Conditions of artic.edu. Served by Eden Engine; not an official Art Institute of Chicago product and not endorsed by the museum.
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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })
// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "artic/artwork-details" })
// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "artic/artwork-details" })
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omnial_execute({ tool: "artic/artwork-details", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "artic/artwork-details", input: { /* ... */ } })
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| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
Per call | $0.0026 |
- Updated
- Oct 20, 2026
Input and output schemas
Input schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"id"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 999999999,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "The museum's artwork id, from Art Institute of Chicago Artwork Search, for example 16568 for Monet's Water Lilies (1906)."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Output schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"data"
],
"properties": {
"data": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"id"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "The museum's artwork id."
},
"title": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The artwork's title."
},
"date_end": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
],
"description": "Latest year, negative for BCE. A few records carry a malformed value over 2026."
},
"artist_id": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
],
"description": "The artist's id for Artist Search. Null when unattributed."
},
"alt_titles": {
"type": [
"array",
"null"
],
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Other titles the work is known by, or null."
},
"date_start": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
],
"description": "Earliest year, negative for BCE. Wider than date_display for an approximate date."
},
"dimensions": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Size as text in cm and inches, height before width, with a part named before each measurement when there are several (Framed, Sheet). The precise figure."
},
"is_on_view": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "True when the work is on display now."
},
"updated_at": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "When the museum last updated this record, ISO 8601 with a US Central offset."
},
"credit_line": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "How the work came into the museum's collection."
},
"fiscal_year": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
],
"description": "The year the museum acquired the work; null on about a quarter of records."
},
"style_title": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The museum's style or movement term, for example Impressionism."
},
"artist_title": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The attribution as the museum words it: a person, a culture, or a qualified name."
},
"date_display": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The date as the museum writes it. This is the date to quote."
},
"inscriptions": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Signatures and markings on the work, as text."
},
"gallery_title": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The gallery, for example Gallery 243, when on view."
},
"artist_display": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Free-text artist line with nationality and life dates; its layout varies, with line breaks on some records."
},
"medium_display": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Materials and technique."
},
"subject_titles": {
"type": [
"array",
"null"
],
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Subject terms, for example landscapes, water."
},
"on_loan_display": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Where the work is on loan, as HTML text (<p>, <i>); null when it is not on loan."
},
"place_of_origin": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Where the work was made."
},
"provenance_text": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Ownership history, free text with line breaks; can be several kilobytes."
},
"copyright_notice": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Rights statement for the work (not its image), for example an artist's estate; null on most records, which does not mean the work may be reused."
},
"department_title": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The museum department that holds the work."
},
"is_public_domain": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "The museum's public-domain flag. False means not designated public domain, not that the work is under copyright."
},
"dimensions_detail": {
"type": [
"array",
"null"
],
"items": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": true
},
"description": "Measurements per section in whole centimetres, TRUNCATED not rounded: height, width, depth, diameter and clarification (Framed, Sheet, Image)."
},
"artwork_type_title": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Object type."
},
"exhibition_history": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Exhibitions the work has been in, free text with line breaks, and links as HTML on some records; can be several kilobytes."
},
"date_qualifier_title": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "What the date describes (Made, Printed, Artist's working dates, c.); empty on most records."
},
"main_reference_number": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The museum's accession number, for example 1933.1157."
}
},
"description": "The artwork record. A field the museum has no value for is null or empty.",
"additionalProperties": true
},
"info": {
"type": "object",
"description": "The museum's licence_text, license_links and API version for this response.",
"additionalProperties": true
}
},
"description": "The museum's response: the artwork record in data, an info block carrying the licence text and links, and a config block of site base URLs.",
"additionalProperties": true
}