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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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![Leaf from a Gradual: Historiated Initial S[alve Sancta Parens] with Birth of the Virgin (recto), c. Creator: Unknown](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoibGVhZi1mcm9tLWEtZ3JhZHVhbC1oaXN0b3JpYXRlZC1pbml0aWFsLXNhbHZlLXNhbmN0YS1wYXJlbnMtd2l0aC1iaXJ0aC1vZi0yNzMzNjU3LmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjI0LCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUifX19?signature=29d6da9e6f593574046b883b9e95e62a6fa249504801c007e7669b00caecd045 "Leaf from a Gradual: Historiated Initial S[alve Sancta Parens] with Birth of the Virgin (recto), c. Creator: Unknown.")
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![Initial M[issus est] Excised from an Antiphonary: The Annunciation, 1430-1438. Creator: Stefano da Verona (Italian, c. 1375-1438)](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoiaW5pdGlhbC1taXNzdXMtZXN0LWV4Y2lzZWQtZnJvbS1hbi1hbnRpcGhvbmFyeS10aGUtYW5udW5jaWF0aW9uLTE0MzAtMTQzOC0yNzMyMTYwLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjI0LCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUifX19?signature=c01b32c6323ee753664e41db96496f1519b7cd31024152ee1e10aa27365f3c2a "Initial M[issus est] Excised from an Antiphonary: The Annunciation, 1430-1438. Creator: Stefano da Verona (Italian, c. 1375-1438).")
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