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The Creator is the individual responsible for creating the work in the image. Where the image is a work of art such as an engraving, watercolour, photograph etc. the creator will be the artist responsible for creating the medium. Where the image is a photograph of an object in a studio the creator is the individual responsible for creating the object.
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![Title Plate from "The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595 Creator: Karel van Mallery](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoidGl0bGUtcGxhdGUtZnJvbS10aGUtaW50cm9kdWN0aW9uLW9mLXRoZS1zaWxrd29ybS12ZXJtaXMtc2VyaWN1cy1jYS0yOTA2NjYyLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjI0LCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUifX19?signature=8d0b9ca9ff789e72a0a2a0a5955adc6c1982ef9a8ecdd4b9698b83bdb6e1dedd "Title Plate from \"The Introduction of the Silkworm\" [Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595 Creator: Karel van Mallery.")
![The Reeling of Silk, Plate 6 from "The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus],..., ca. 1595. Creator: Karel van Mallery](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoidGhlLXJlZWxpbmctb2Ytc2lsay1wbGF0ZS02LWZyb20tdGhlLWludHJvZHVjdGlvbi1vZi10aGUtc2lsa3dvcm0tMjkwNjY1OS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjIyNCwiZml0IjoiaW5zaWRlIn19fQ==?signature=3038242bb5e1fd1c076afbcd420732f64c97722356b8e229c595525cf59c2f83 "The Reeling of Silk, Plate 6 from \"The Introduction of the Silkworm\" [Vermis Sericus],..., ca. 1595. Creator: Karel van Mallery.")
![New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Distillation, plate 7,..., ca. 1600. Creator: Jan Collaert I](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoibmV3LWludmVudGlvbnMtb2YtbW9kZXJuLXRpbWVzLW5vdmEtcmVwZXJ0YS10aGUtaW52ZW50aW9uLW9mLTI5MDYzODEuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjoyMjQsImZpdCI6Imluc2lkZSJ9fX0=?signature=81331f52a8b73aae50c14466754309c0800d92bb630102d1f102d16073e2f784 "New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Distillation, plate 7,..., ca. 1600. Creator: Jan Collaert I.")
![New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Production of Silk, plate 8, ca. 1600. Creator: Jan Collaert I](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoibmV3LWludmVudGlvbnMtb2YtbW9kZXJuLXRpbWVzLW5vdmEtcmVwZXJ0YS10aGUtcHJvZHVjdGlvbi1vZi1zaWxrLTI5MDYzODAuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjoyMjQsImZpdCI6Imluc2lkZSJ9fX0=?signature=defda39c6b5442ba7e2e478db4d737e2811372601ad1a2dcd0c38656c71a47d0 "New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Production of Silk, plate 8, ca. 1600. Creator: Jan Collaert I.")
![New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Gunpowder, plate 3, ca..., ca. 1600. Creator: Jan Collaert I](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoibmV3LWludmVudGlvbnMtb2YtbW9kZXJuLXRpbWVzLW5vdmEtcmVwZXJ0YS10aGUtaW52ZW50aW9uLW9mLWd1bnBvd2Rlci0yOTA2Mzc4LmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjI0LCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUifX19?signature=bc01d4947d77b0570b2ff1a58234ec88fee62e0542524bf23b7fd8e9ab99b3d7 "New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Gunpowder, plate 3, ca..., ca. 1600. Creator: Jan Collaert I.")
![New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Sugar Refinery, plate ..., ca. 1600. Creator: Jan Collaert I](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoibmV3LWludmVudGlvbnMtb2YtbW9kZXJuLXRpbWVzLW5vdmEtcmVwZXJ0YS10aGUtaW52ZW50aW9uLW9mLXN1Z2FyLTI5MDYzNzYuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjoyMjQsImZpdCI6Imluc2lkZSJ9fX0=?signature=5370fe045d98429ee29e614f67543a052344c163bd7837e73c22369d0e82d575 "New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Sugar Refinery, plate ..., ca. 1600. Creator: Jan Collaert I.")
