Free for scholarly use, that is ....
FROM Open Culture On Line
On Friday, The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that “more than 400,000 high-resolution digital images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum’s website for non-commercial use.” Even better, the images can be used at no charge (and without getting permission from the museum). In making this announcement, the Met joined other world-class museums in putting put large troves of digital art online. Witness the 87,000 images from the Getty in L.A., the 125,000 Dutch masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, the 35,000 artistic images from the National Gallery, and the 57,000 works of art on Google Art Project.
The Met’s online initiative is dubbed “Open Access for Scholarly Content,” and, while surfing the Met’s digital collections, you’ll know if a particular work is free to download if it bears the “OASC” acronym. In anFAQ, the Met provides these simple instructions.
How can I identify the Open Access for Scholarly Content (OASC) on the Met’s website?
Look for this icon
below images in the Collections section of the website to identify images that are part of the OASC initiative.
Look for this icon
below images in the Collections section of the website to identify images that are part of the OASC initiative.
How do I download an image designated for Open Access for Scholarly Content (OASC)?
Look for this icon below the image in the Collections section of this website, then click on the download icon next to it 
to save the image to your desktop or device.
Look for this icon
below the image in the Collections section of this website, then click on the download icon next to it to save the image to your desktop or device.
Undoubtedly, if you hunt the site, you will find out how you can use these wonderful images for jacket art.
With thanks to Jacqueline Church Simonds.
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