Template:Photograph

Photographer
Title
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Part of
Original caption
Description
Depicted people
Depicted place
Depicted part
Date
Medium
Dimensions
Current location
Accession number
Object location
Exhibition history
Notes
References
Source
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Other versions
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{{Photograph}} is an alternative to {{Information}} or {{Artwork}} templates used mostly for the detail descriptions of historical photographs, especially those residing in museums or galleries.

Usage


{{Photograph
 |photographer       =
 |title              =
 |description        =
 |depicted people    =
 |depicted place     =
 |date               =
 |medium             =
 |dimensions         =
 |institution        =
 |department         =
 |references         =
 |object history     =
 |exhibition history =
 |credit line        =
 |inscriptions       =
 |notes              =
 |accession number   =
 |source             =
 |permission         =
 |other_versions     =
 |wikidata           =
 |camera coord       =
}}

Use instead of {{Information}} or {{Artwork}}

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefaultStatus
photographer
Photographer
author
Author
Photographer who took the original photograph. Use {{Creator:Name Surname}} with {{Creator}} template whenever possible. Wikidata item IDs are allowed.blank field presented as: "Author".optional
title
Title
Title of the artwork. Skip and use description field if artwork has no title. Use Language templates when translating and boldface the original-language title, for example:
  • {{en|''The Title of the Picture''.}}

Many frequently used titles have Multilingual tags are available, like {{Self-portrait}}.

  • {{en|Untitled, known as ''A Common Title'' or ''Another Known Title''.}}
emptyoptional
description
Description
Description of the content of the artwork (using multilingual templates like {{En}}). Often unnecessary in case of paintings when title is used. {{Depicted person}} template could be used to list depicted people.emptyoptional
depicted people
Depicted people
List of people depicted in the photograph.emptyoptional
depicted place
Depicted place
Place depicted in the photograph. Bare names will be attempted parsed through {{City}}.emptyoptional
date
Date
year
Year
Date when the photograph was taken by one of the following ways:
  • for simple dates use ISO 8601 format, e.g. "1234" or "2006-01-15" for "15 January 2006". The following formats are recognized:
    • YYYY
    • YYYY-MM
    • YYYY-MM-DD
  • for all other dates use {{Date}} or {{Other date}}
emptyoptional
medium
Medium
technique
Technique
(Alternative name: technique)
Medium (technique and materials) used to create artwork. Use, when possible:
emptyoptional
dimensions
Dimensions
size
Size
Dimensions of the photographic print. Please use {{Size}} formatting template, such as:
  • {{Size|unit=cm|width=76.7|height=83.5}} <— gives height: 83.5 cm (32.8 in); width: 76.7 cm (30.1 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,83.5U174728
    dimensions QS:P2049,76.7U174728
  • or {{Size|in|30.2|32.87}} <— gives 30.2 × 32.8 in (76.7 × 83.4 cm), if sizes are given in inches
  • Avoid using Language templates
emptyoptional
institution
Institution
gallery
Gallery
museum
Museum
Gallery, museum or collection owning the piece. Use:
Louvre Museum   wikidata:Q19675  (Inventory)
Louvre Museum
Native name Louvre Museum Edit this at Wikidata
Location
Coordinates 48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E Link to OpenStreetMap Link to Google Maps Edit this at Wikidata
Established 10 August 1793 Edit this at Wikidata
Website www.louvre.fr
Authority file
institution QS:P195,Q19675

Those tags are based on {{Institution}} and occupy Institution: namespace.

  • For lost pieces: "Stolen from (gallery) in (date)", "Lost by fire from (gallery) in (date)", or similar.
  • For private collection use {{Private collection}}
emptyoptional
department
Department
Department, division, collection, or other location within the institutionemptyoptional
references
References
Books and websites with information about the artwork. Please use {{Cite book}} and {{Cite web}} templates.emptyoptional
object history
object_history
Object_history
Object history
Provenance (history of artwork ownership). Use {{ProvenanceEvent}}, {{Discovered}} and other similar templates.emptyoptional
exhibition history
exhibition_history
Exhibition_history
Exhibition history
exhibition historyemptyoptional
credit line
credit_line
Credit_line
Credit line
Many artworks are gifts to the museums which are obligated to show such credit, like for example: Gift of the Friends of the Louvre Society, 1961. Not to be confused with credit line attributing the photographer required by CC licensesemptyoptional
inscriptions
Inscriptions
Description of: inscriptions, watermarks, captions, coats of arm, etc. Use {{Inscription}}emptyoptional
notes
Notes
Additional information about the artwork and its history.emptyoptional
accession number
Accession number
ID
Id
id
Museum's accession number or some other inventory or identification number. Provide also link to museum database if available.emptyoptional
source
Source
Information about source of the file. Possible values:
  • If image was found on the internet include original URLs (preferably two, embedding web page and image).
  • If it is a scan from a book then include the book references where you scanned it from (preferably with ISBN and page)

Some examples:

emptyoptional
permission
Permission
license information. Common license tag(s), include:
  • {{PD-art|PD-old-100}} <— file found on the web; artist died 100+ years ago
  • Artwork: {{PD-old-100}} Photo: {{PD-self}} <— file self-made; artist died 100+ years ago
emptyoptional
other_versions
other_versions
Other_versions
Other versions
Links to files with very similar content or derivative files; use thumbnails or <gallery></gallery>.emptyoptional
other_fields
other_fields
Other_fields
Other fields
Additional table fields. Easiest way to use it is through {{Information field|name=Field Name|value=Field Value}}. There are also other_fields_1, other_fields_2, other_fields_3, and other_fields_4 for placing fields in other locations.emptyoptional
wikidata
Wikidata
WikidataID of the Wikidata item about the artwork (if any)emptyoptional
original description
Original_description
0riginal_caption
Original description provided by the source institutionemptyoptional
original description infoOptional header for original descriptionemptyoptional
biasedif original description is biased set "|biased=1" to show Note: This description has been identified as biased or incorrect. emptyoptional
camera coord
Camera coord
can be used to add camera coordinates when used with {{Location |...|bare=1}}emptyoptional
strictOrdinarily Template:Photograph always show "Photographer" and "Source" rows. This default behavior can be overwritten by setting "strict=". Use only when file contains ways of specifying license and source.1optional
demo"demo=1" will show all the fields used by the template empty or not. Meant to be used only in template: namespace when demonstrating template fields. Usual form is "demo=<noinclude>1</noinclude>".emptyoptional
<templatedata>JSON</templatedata> ./. {{TemplateBox}}
TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.


Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. <nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw <templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.


Wikipedia's help about TemplateDataCommons-specific information

Category:Templates using TemplateData

[[:Template:Photograph|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Photograph&#125;&#125;</span>]] is an alternative to [[:Template:Information|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Information&#125;&#125;</span>]] or [[:Template:Artwork|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Artwork&#125;&#125;</span>]] templates used mostly for the detail descriptions of historical photographs, especially those residing in museums or galleries.<br />

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
accession number Accession number ID Id id

Museum's accession number or some other inventory or identification number. Provide also link to museum database if available.

Unknownoptional
biased

if original description is biased set "<code>|biased=1</code>" to show <span class="messagebox standard-talk">'''Note&#58; '''This description has been identified as biased or incorrect.&#32;</span>

Unknownoptional
camera coord Camera coord

can be used to add camera coordinates when used with {{[[Template:Location |Location ]]&#124;...&#124;bare=1}}

Unknownoptional
credit line credit_line Credit_line Credit line

Many artworks are gifts to the museums which are obligated to show such credit, like for example: ''Gift of the Friends of the Louvre Society, 1961''. Not to be confused with [[Template:Credit line|credit line]] attributing the photographer required by CC licenses

Unknownoptional
date Date year Year

Date when the photograph was taken by one of the following ways:

  • for simple dates use [[:en:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] format, e.g. "1234" or "2006-01-15" for "15 January 2006". The following formats are recognized:
    • YYYY
    • YYYY-MM
    • YYYY-MM-DD
  • for all other dates use [[:Template:Date|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Date&#125;&#125;</span>]] or [[:Template:Other date|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Other date&#125;&#125;</span>]]

Unknownoptional
demo

"demo=1" will show all the fields used by the template empty or not. Meant to be used only in template: namespace when demonstrating template fields. Usual form is "demo=&lt;noinclude&gt;1&lt;/noinclude&gt;".

Unknownoptional
department Department

Department, division, collection, or other location within the institution

Unknownoptional
depicted people Depicted people

List of people depicted in the photograph.

Unknownoptional
depicted place Depicted place

Place depicted in the photograph. Bare names will be attempted parsed through [[:Template:City|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;City&#125;&#125;</span>]].

Unknownoptional
description Description

Description of the content of the artwork (using [[:Category:Language templates|multilingual templates]] like [[:Template:En|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;En&#125;&#125;</span>]]). Often unnecessary in case of paintings when ''title'' is used. [[:Template:Depicted person|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Depicted person&#125;&#125;</span>]] template could be used to list depicted people.

Unknownoptional
dimensions Dimensions size Size

Dimensions of the photographic print. Please use [[:Template:Size|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Size&#125;&#125;</span>]] formatting template, such as:

  • {{Size|unit=cm|width=76.7|height=83.5}} ''&lt;— gives'' height: 83.5 cm (32.8 in); width: 76.7 cm (30.1 in)<div style="display: none;">dimensions QS:P2048,83.5U174728</div><div style="display: none;">dimensions QS:P2049,76.7U174728</div>
  • or {{Size|in|30.2|32.87}} ''&lt;— gives'' 30.2 × 32.8 in (76.7 × 83.4 cm), if sizes are given in inches
  • Avoid using [[:Category:Language templates|Language templates]]

  • Unknownoptional
    exhibition history exhibition_history Exhibition_history Exhibition history

    exhibition history

    Unknownoptional
    inscriptions Inscriptions

    Description of: inscriptions, watermarks, captions, coats of arm, etc. Use [[:Template:Inscription|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Inscription&#125;&#125;</span>]]

    Unknownoptional
    institution Institution gallery Gallery museum Museum

    Gallery, museum or collection owning the piece. Use:

  • [[:Category:Institution templates|collapsible institution templates]] like {{[[Institution:Louvre]]}} giving:
  • <div class="vcard"> <table class="toccolours collapsible " cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; background: var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f0f0ff); color: inherit; border:1px solid #aaa;" lang="en"> <tr valign="top"> <th colspan="4" style="background-color: var(--background-color-interactive, #e0e0ee); color: inherit; font-weight:bold; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);"><span class="fn" id="creator"><bdi>[[w:en:Louvre|<span title="art and archeology museum in Paris, France">Louvre Museum</span>]] </bdi></span>&nbsp;[[File:Blue pencil.svg|class=skin-invert|15px|link=Institution:Louvre]]&nbsp;[[File:Wikidata-logo.svg|20px|wikidata:Q19675|link=wikidata:Q19675]]&nbsp;<span style='float:right; font-size:80%; margin-right:20px;'> ([[Musée du Louvre:Inventory|Inventory]])</span></th> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td rowspan="7" style="width:120px" id="fileinfotpl_creator_image"><span class="wpImageAnnotatorControl wpImageAnnotatorOff">[[File:Pavillon de Flore, Louvre Museum, Paris 5 November 2019.jpg|200x140px|alt=[[w:en:Louvre|<span title="art and archeology museum in Paris, France">Louvre Museum</span>]]|class=photo]]</span></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background-color: var(--background-color-interactive, #e0e0ee); color: inherit; font-weight:bold; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);">Native name</td> <td colspan="2" style="word-break:break-word;border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);">Louvre Museum&nbsp;[[File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg |frameless |text-top |10px |alt=Edit this at Wikidata|link=d:Q19675#P1448|Edit this at Wikidata]]</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background-color: var(--background-color-interactive, #e0e0ee); color: inherit; font-weight:bold; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);">Location</td> <td colspan="2" style="word-break:break-word;border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);"><div class="locality">[[d:Q2409554|<span title="administrative quarter in Paris, France">Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois</span>]]&nbsp;[[File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg |frameless |text-top |10px |alt=Edit this at Wikidata|link=d:Q19675#P131|Edit this at Wikidata]], [[w:en:France|<span title="country in Western Europe and other continents (through its overseas territories in America, Africa and Oceania)">France</span>]]</div></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background-color: var(--background-color-interactive, #e0e0ee); color: inherit; font-weight:bold; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);">Coordinates</td> <td colspan="2" style="word-break:break-word;border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);"><span class="plainlinksneverexpand">[https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Template:Photograph&params=48.861111111111_N_2.3358333333333_E_globe:Earth_&language=en 48°&nbsp;51′&nbsp;40″&nbsp;N, 2°&nbsp;20′&nbsp;09″&nbsp;E]</span> <span class="wpImageAnnotatorControl wpImageAnnotatorOff">[[File:Openstreetmap logo.svg|20x20px|Link to OpenStreetMap|link=//www.openstreetmap.org/?way=53813362]]</span> <span class="wpImageAnnotatorControl wpImageAnnotatorOff">[[File:Google Maps icon (2020).svg|20x20px|Link to Google Maps|link=//maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=48.861111111111,2.3358333333333&tab=wl]]</span>&nbsp;[[File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg |frameless |text-top |10px |alt=Edit this at Wikidata|link=d:Q19675#P625|Edit this at Wikidata]]</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background-color: var(--background-color-interactive, #e0e0ee); color: inherit; font-weight:bold; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);">Established</td> <td colspan="2" style="word-break:break-word;border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);">10 August 1793&nbsp;[[File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg |frameless |text-top |10px |alt=Edit this at Wikidata|link=d:Q19675#P1619|Edit this at Wikidata]]</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background-color: var(--background-color-interactive, #e0e0ee); color: inherit; font-weight:bold; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);">Website</td> <td colspan="2" style="word-break:break-word;border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);">[https://www.louvre.fr/en www.louvre.fr]</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background-color: var(--background-color-interactive, #e0e0ee); color: inherit; font-weight:bold; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);">Authority file</td> <td colspan="2" style="word-break:break-word;border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #aaa);"><div class="hlist">

    • [[File:Wikidata-logo.svg|20px|wikidata:Q19675|link=wikidata:Q19675]]: [[d:Q19675|Q19675]]
    • [[w:en:Virtual International Authority File|VIAF]]:&thinsp;<span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks">[[viaf:257711507|257711507]]</span></span>
    • [[w:en:International Standard Name Identifier|ISNI]]:&thinsp;<span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks">[https://isni.oclc.org/cbs/DB=1.2//CMD?ACT=SRCH&IKT=8006&TRM=ISN%3A000000012260177X 000000012260177X]</span></span>
    • [[w:en:Union List of Artist Names|ULAN]]:&thinsp;<span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks">[https://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500125189 500125189]</span></span>
    • [[w:en:LCCN (identifier)|LCCN]]:&thinsp;<span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks">[https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n80020283 n80020283]</span></span>
    • [[w:en:NLA (identifier)|NLA]]:&thinsp;<span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks">[https://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/search/display?dbid=auth&id=35912436 35912436]</span></span>
    • <span class="uid">[//www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80020283 WorldCat]</span>

    </div></td></tr>

    </table>

    </div> <div style="display: none;">institution QS:P195,Q19675</div> Those tags are based on [[:Template:Institution|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Institution&#125;&#125;</span>]] and occupy Institution: namespace.

    • For lost pieces: "Stolen from ''(gallery)'' in ''(date)''", "Lost by fire from ''(gallery)'' in ''(date)''", or similar.
    • For private collection use [[:Template:Private collection|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Private collection&#125;&#125;</span>]]

    Unknownoptional
    medium Medium technique Technique

    (Alternative name: technique)<br />Medium (technique and materials) used to create artwork. Use, when possible:

  • [[:Template:Technique|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Technique&#125;&#125;</span>]] template
  • [[:Category:Multilingual tags: Techniques|multilingual Technique tags]], like [[:Template:Oil on canvas|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Oil on canvas&#125;&#125;</span>]]
  • [[:Template:Reproduction|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Reproduction&#125;&#125;</span>]] template to distinguish between the technique of a reproduction and of the original artwork

  • Unknownoptional
    notes Notes

    Additional information about the artwork and its history.

    Unknownoptional
    object history object_history Object_history Object history

    [[:en:Provenance|Provenance]] (history of artwork ownership). Use [[:Template:ProvenanceEvent|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;ProvenanceEvent&#125;&#125;</span>]], [[:Template:Discovered|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Discovered&#125;&#125;</span>]] and [[:Category:Multilingual tags: Provenance|other]] similar templates.

    Unknownoptional
    original description Original_description 0riginal_caption

    Original description provided by the source institution

    Unknownoptional
    original description info

    Optional header for original description

    Unknownoptional
    other_fields other_fields Other_fields Other fields

    Additional table fields. Easiest way to use it is through {{[[Template:Information field|Information field]]&#124;name=''Field Name''&#124;value=''Field Value''}}. There are also other_fields_1, other_fields_2, other_fields_3, and other_fields_4 for placing fields in other locations.

    Unknownoptional
    other_versions other_versions Other_versions Other versions

    Links to files with very similar content or derivative files; use thumbnails or &lt;gallery&gt;&lt;/gallery&gt;.

    Unknownoptional
    permission Permission

    license information. Common [[Commons:License tags|license tag(s)]], include:

  • {{[[Template:PD-art|PD-art]]&#124;PD-old-100}} ''&lt;— file found on the web; artist died 100+ years ago''
  • Artwork: [[:Template:PD-old-100|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;PD-old-100&#125;&#125;</span>]] Photo: [[:Template:PD-self|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;PD-self&#125;&#125;</span>]] ''&lt;— file self-made; artist died 100+ years ago''

  • Unknownoptional
    photographer Photographer author Author

    Photographer who took the original photograph. Use {{Creator:Name Surname}} with [[:Template:Creator|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Creator&#125;&#125;</span>]] template whenever possible. Wikidata item IDs are allowed.

    Default
    blank field presented as: "Author".
    Unknownoptional
    references References

    Books and websites with information about the artwork. Please use [[:Template:Cite book|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Cite book&#125;&#125;</span>]] and [[:Template:Cite web|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Cite web&#125;&#125;</span>]] templates.

    Unknownoptional
    source Source

    Information about source of the file. Possible values:

  • If image was found on the internet include original URLs (preferably two, embedding web page and image).
  • If it is a scan from a book then include the book references where you scanned it from (preferably with ISBN and page)
  • Some examples:

    • ArtRenewal.org : [http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=168 Gallery] : [http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=10607 Info] : [http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/f/Fortuny_Mariano/large/Fortuny_Moroccan_Man.jpg Pic]
    • Milner, John: ''Mondrian'', p. 35 - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" >[[:en:ISBN|<span lang="en" dir="ltr">ISBN</span>]]</span>&nbsp;[[Special:BookSources/0714831670|0714831670]]

    Unknownoptional
    strict

    Ordinarily Template:Photograph always show "Photographer" and "Source" rows. This default behavior can be overwritten by setting "strict=". Use only when file contains ways of specifying license and source.

    Default
    1
    Unknownoptional
    title Title

    Title of the artwork. Skip and use ''description'' field if artwork has no title. Use [[:Category:Language templates|Language templates]] when translating and '''boldface''' the original-language title, for example:

  • {{en|''The Title of the Picture''.}}
  • Many frequently used titles have [[:Category:Multilingual tags: Title|Multilingual tags]] are available, like [[:Template:Self-portrait|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">&#123;&#123;Self-portrait&#125;&#125;</span>]].

    • {{en|Untitled, known as ''A Common Title'' or ''Another Known Title''.}}

    Unknownoptional
    Wikidatawikidata Wikidata

    ID of the Wikidata item about the artwork (if any)

    Stringoptional

    Additional information

    The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

    The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

    Placement: At the top of the page

    See also

    Localization

    This template is localized by utilizing MediaWiki namespace messages. These can be translated at translatewiki.net (current translations).

    Category:Templates using MediaWiki messages from translatewiki.net for internationalisation Category:Infobox templates#Photograph
    Category:Infobox templates Category:Lua-based templates Category:Main message boxes Category:Templates using MediaWiki messages from translatewiki.net for internationalisation Category:Templates using TemplateData