Please note the following chart refers to publication dates, not to creation dates. An early creation date does not ensure the item is public domain in the US. The chart refers only to items that were created before 1976 and not published in the US within 30 days of publication abroad. If they were published in the US within 30 days, they need the relevant US template, as US law exclusively applies. If they were not published in the US within 30 days, and were created 1976 or later, they are not public domain in the US. Please note the following chart shows that we must have publication information about each image in order to prove its public domain status.

First published in Italy (across)
Publication date (down)
before 1929 1929-1963 1964-1977 1978-Feb. 1989 Mar. 1989-2002 2003 or later,
or never published
Published with copyright notice, registration, deposit with US copyright office, and renewed public domain not public domain
for 95 years from publication
not public domain
until at least 2048
not public domain
until at least 2048
only public domain if
{{PD-old-70}} (95 years from publication for anonymous/corporate works, or 120 years from creation, whichever of these two is shortest)
Published with copyright notice, registration, deposit with US copyright office, and not renewed public domain not public domain for 95 years
Published with copyright notice
and without registration or deposit with the US copyright office
public domain
Published without copyright notice public domain