Typically, images are not cited in the bibliography. Rather the information necessary to locate an image is included in an image caption. When formatting image citations in Chicago style, follow the guidelines below and reference the placement of credit lines in The Chicago Manual of Style Online:
Format
Figure Number. Artist/Creator, Title, date, materials, measurements, repository/location. Source. URL. (Credit Line).
Example
Figure 6. Helen Frankenthaler, Europa, 1957, oil on unprimed canvas, 179.1 x 137.8 cm, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York, New York. Reed Digital Collections. https://rdc.reed.edu/i/d108b8fd-0f50-4e3b-bedc-3000dc173554. (© 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York).
Format
Figure Number. Artist/Creator, Title, date, materials, measurements, repository/location. Source. figure/plate number referenced in the print source. (Credit Line).
Example
Figure 7. Helen Frankenthaler, Europa, 1957, oil on unprimed canvas, 179.1 x 137.8 cm, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York, New York. Frankenthaler, Helen, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. After Mountains and Sea : Frankenthaler 1956-1959. New York, NY: Guggenheim Museum, 1998. fig. 3. (© 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York).
Format
Figure Number. Artist/Creator, Title, date, materials, measurements, repository/location, URL. (Credit Line).
Example
Figure 3.5. Berenice Abbott, Jane Heap, ca. 1928, gelatin silver print, 24.1 x 18.7 cm [9 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches], The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/261798. (Image courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art; © Berenice Abbott / Commerce Graphics Ltd. Inc.).
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