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Yes, depending on how a photo or scan of the image was obtained and if the artist is sufficiently dead long enough ago. The same rules as written authors.
If someone else has used the painting you can still use it as long as the formatting etc is different. The "Girl With the Pearl Earring" painting is used already for a recent book.
Actually there is no copyright on the text of a title, but search to avoid using one well known and confusing people.
Some need a lot of work, retouching scratches, cracks and fixing up crop and aspect. We put the artist, title and painted date (if known) on the front matter copyright page. You need good edit skills and PSP, Photoshop or the GIMP. Work at about 4K resolution, or at least twice the highest resolution required for printed or eBook covers. Different formats may have different aspect ratios. Use layers for title, image, background, author etc. Note that for a paper edition the cover image includes the spline and rear but ebooks only have the front. Dust covers for a hardback also have the front and rear flap.
See Celtic Otherworld and Talents Universe on the Corvids Press.
We created photo montages and models for the SF titles.
Some people licence covers which for under 10,000 sales can be cheaper than hiring an artist. See Of North Blood Drawn (chosen by the author)
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