The country of origin of this photograph is Italy. It is in the public domain there because its copyright term has expired. According to Law for the Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights n.633, 22 April 1941 and later revisions, images of people or of aspects, elements and facts of natural or social life, obtained with photographic process or with an analogue one, including reproductions of figurative art and film frames of film stocks (Art. 87) are protected for a period of 20 years from creation (Art. 92). This provision shall not apply to photographs of writings, documents, business papers, material objects, technical drawings and similar products (Art. 87). Italian law makes an important distinction between "works of photographic art" and "simple photographs" (Art. 2, § 7). Photographs that are "intellectual work with creative characteristics" are protected for 70 years after the author's death (Art. 32 bis), whereas simple photographs are protected for a period of 20 years from creation.
This may not apply in countries that don't apply the rule of the shorter term to works from Italy. In particular, these are in the public domain in the United States only if:
wasn't in copyright in the United States due to being registered for copyright there (see Commons:Copyright tags#United States for most cases) and
was created prior to 1976 and published prior to 1978 — then it was out-of-copyright in Italy on the URAA date of restoration (January 1, 1996) (17 U.S.C.§ 104A) (in most cases; for all cases, see Template:PD-Italy/US). If so, please add {{PD-1996}} in addition to this copyright tag. If the image was created after 1975 or was published after 1977, please add {{Not-PD-US-URAA}}.
The copyright situation of this work is theoretically uncertain, because in the country of origin copyright lasts 70 years after the death of the author, and the date of the author's death is unknown. However, the date of creation of the work was over 120 years ago, and it is thus a reasonable assumption that the copyright has expired (see here for the community discussion). Do not use this template if the date of death of the author is known.
Huomaa, että muutamissa maissa tekijänoikeuden kesto on pidempi kuin 70 vuotta: Meksikossa se on 100 vuotta, Jamaikalla 95 vuotta, Kolumbiassa 80 vuotta ja Guatemalassa ja Samoalla 75 vuotta. Tämä kuva ei välttämättä ole public domainissa näissä maissa, minkä lisäksi ne eivät käytä lyhyimmän keston sääntöä. Hondurasissa tekijänoikeuden yleinen kesto on 75 vuotta, mutta nämä tämä maa käyttävät lyhyimmän keston sääntöä. Tekijänoikeus saattaa pidentyä Ranskassa teosten kohdalla, joiden tekijä oli ranskalainen ja kuoli Ranskan puolesta toisessa maailmansodassa (lisätietoa), ja venäläisten tekijöiden kohdalla, mikäli tekijä palveli itärintamalla toisessa maailmansodassa tai kuoleman jälkeen neuvostosorron uhriksi joutuneiden, sittemmin rehabilitoitujen tekijöiden kohdalla (lisätietoa)
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country (Italy) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).
For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights. Note: in addition to this statement, there must be a statement on this page explaining why the work was PD on the URAA date in its source country (second case). Additionally, there must be verifiable information about previous publications of the work.