Thecountry of originof this photograph is Italy. It is in thepublic domainthere because its copyright term has expired. According toLaw for the Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights n.633, 22 April 1941and 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 andfilm framesoffilm 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 therule of the shorter termto works from Italy. In particular, these are in the public domain in the United States only if:
was created prior to 1976 and published prior to 1978 — then it was out-of-copyright in Italy on theURAA date of restoration(January 1, 1996) (17 U.S.C.§ 104A) (in most cases; for all cases, seeTemplate: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}}.