MLA Citation Guide

Artist's Last Name, First Name. Title of the Artwork. Date of Composition, Name of the Institution that Houses the Artwork, Location of the Institution. 

Note: Only list the location if the location is not listed in the name of the institution, e.g. The Art Institute of Chicago.

For photographic reproductions of artwork (e.g. images of artwork in a book), treat the book or website as a container.

Remember that for a second container, the title is listed first, before the contributors.

Cite the bibliographic information as above followed by the information for the source in which the photograph appears, including page or reference numbers (plate, figure, etc.).

If you viewed the artwork on the museum's website, treat the name of the website as the container and include the website's publisher and the URL at the end of the citation.

Omit publisher information if it is the same as the name of the website.

Note the period after the date below, rather than the comma: this is because the date refers to the painting's original creation, rather than to its publication on the website. Thus, MLA format considers it an "optional element."

If a post includes both text and an image, you may use the Title of Source element to describe the image when you want to highlight it.