(Artist Surname, Year)
Artist Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Title of the artwork [Description e.g. Clip art, Photograph]. Website name, if applicable. URL of specific visual work
(Gossaert, 1507-1508)
Gossaert, J. (1507-1508). The holy family [Painting]. J. Paul Getty Museum. http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/595/jan-gossaert-the-holy-family-netherlandish-about-1507-1508/
Tip: See RDP Library's Citing & Attributing Works and the APA Manual (10.14) for more information about citing and attributing images.
Tip: If you are looking for information on formatting a figure in your assignment, please see the official APA Style website: Figure Setup.
(Creator Surname, Year)
Creator Surname, First Initial. (Year). Title [medium]. Database. Retrieved from URL
(Tanning, 1947)
Tanning, D. (1947). A very happy picture (Un tableau très heureux) [Oil painting]. Artstor. Retrieved from
https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.10596697
While APA does not currently have formal rules for citing images created by GenAI, their official style blog does outline how to cite generative AI: Official APA Style Blog: Citing generative AI in APA Style: Part 1 - Reference formats (Blog post, September 9, 2025).).
Remember that if you are including the image in your paper, you will need to include a figure number for it, as well as a note for context. For more information about setting up figures in your paper, see the APA's Official Style Blog on Figure Setup.
(AI Company Name, Year)
AI Company Name. (Year). Model name (Version) [Large language model or description of AI software]. URL
(Microsoft & OpenAI, 2025)
Microsoft & OpenAI. (2025). Microsoft Copilot (July 2025 version) [Large language model]. https://www.microsoft.com/copilot
Figure 1
Example of an AI-generated image
Note: Image generated using the prompt "Colouring page featuring a cartoon-style character of Rufus," by Microsoft & OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, 2025 ( https://www.microsoft.com/copilot)