TenderScrape – Public Domain Art Downloader with Metadata (The Met)

TenderScrape is a curated automation tool built for artists, designers, printmakers, and creative collectors working with public domain art.

Stop wasting hours on right-click saving, broken filenames, and missing metadata.

With TenderScrape, you can:

• Instantly search and download artworks from The Met’s public domain collection
• Filter out low-resolution images automatically
• Generate a clean, ready-to-use metadata CSV with title, artist, year, medium, and source links
• Build a curated, searchable archive in minutes — not days

Built for speed, clarity, and creative workflows, TenderScrape helps you go from “just downloading” to truly curating.

No more clutter — just organized, high-quality art you can use, print, and build from.

✅ What It Does

• Downloads high-resolution public domain artworks from The Met
• Filters out low-res images
• Automatically renames image files based on artwork title
• Generates a clean CSV with:
  title, artist, year, medium, source url, and filename
• Saves files to a local folder — perfect for design, resale, archiving, or curation
• Saves you 12+ hours

🔍 Who It’s For

• Etsy sellers building curated art bundles or print shops
• Designers sourcing authentic, high-res visual elements
• AI creators collecting reference images or training datasets
• Students + researchers needing fast, organized visual material
• Public domain curators and collectors building personal archives

🧠 Why It’s Different

• Cleaner output than clunky bulk downloaders
• Fully compatible with metadata-based workflows (CSV → listing, bundling, packaging)
• Designed to pair seamlessly with TenderSuite Pro tools (coming soon):
  ZIP Packager, Tag Generator, Listing Builder, and more

📂 What You Get

• tenderscrape_MET.py script
• README.md with setup + usage instructions
• LICENSE.txt (personal + commercial use — no resale)
• Sample folder with 3 artworks + matching sample_metadata.csv

💼 No external accounts or API keys required. Just search, run, and create.
🔒 All artworks are verified public domain and safely sourced via The Met Collection API.