OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Alexander Voet II” — 64 records examined, 22 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 22:31 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Satyr and Bacchante, by Alexander Voet II

Satyr and Bacchante

Alexander Voet II · ca. 1650–95

Public domainThe Met
Streblochaete longiarista (A. Rich.) Pilg.

Streblochaete longiarista (A. Rich.) Pilg.

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cimon and Pero, by Alexander Voet II

Cimon and Pero

Alexander Voet II · ca. 1650–90

Public domainThe Met
Solanum panduraeforme Dunal

Solanum panduraeforme Dunal

Artist not stated in the record · Mar 1977

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Augustine, appearing to a child on a beach, by Alexander Voet II

Saint Augustine, appearing to a child on a beach

Alexander Voet II · ca. 1662–95

Public domainThe Met
Oocephala stenocephala (Oliv.) H. Rob.

Oocephala stenocephala (Oliv.) H. Rob.

Artist not stated in the record · Mar 1977

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Death of Seneca, standing at center with his feet in a basin of water, supported by a disciple at left while another takes down his last words at right, by Alexander Voet II

The Death of Seneca, standing at center with his feet in a basin of water, supported by a disciple at left while another takes down his last words at right

Alexander Voet II · ca. 1655–78

Public domainThe Met
Dolichostyrax tuberculatus

Dolichostyrax tuberculatus

Artist not stated in the record · Oct 1933

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the infant Saint John the Baptist, holding a bird on a string, by Anonymous

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the infant Saint John the Baptist, holding a bird on a string

Anonymous · ca. 1655–95

Public domainThe Met
Lagochirus parvulus

Lagochirus parvulus

Artist not stated in the record · [Not Stated]

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Grand Piano, by Bartolomeo Cristofori

Grand Piano

Bartolomeo Cristofori · 1720

Public domainThe Met
Sedum boloniense Loisel.

Sedum boloniense Loisel.

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Jul 1927

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marble portrait bust of Severus Alexander

Marble portrait bust of Severus Alexander

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 230–235 CE

Public domainThe Met
Orchithemis pulcherrima

Orchithemis pulcherrima

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Aug 1935

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of Flintlock Pistols, by Alexander Campbell

Pair of Flintlock Pistols

Alexander Campbell · ca. 1750–70

Public domainThe Met
Isachne globosa (Thunb.) Kuntze

Isachne globosa (Thunb.) Kuntze

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Aug 1941

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box with Romance Scenes

Box with Romance Scenes

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1310–30

Public domainThe Met
Isachne albens Trin.

Isachne albens Trin.

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Jan 1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Watch with a portrait of Alexander II, czar of Russia (r. 1855–81), by H. Maret

Watch with a portrait of Alexander II, czar of Russia (r. 1855–81)

H. Maret · probably ca. 1855–65

Public domainThe Met
Tristachya rehmannii Hack. in Schinz

Tristachya rehmannii Hack. in Schinz

Artist not stated in the record · Nov 1976

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Watch, with a portrait of Alexander II, czar of Russia (r. 1855–81)

Watch, with a portrait of Alexander II, czar of Russia (r. 1855–81)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1860–70

Public domainThe Met
Tristachya rehmannii Hack. in Schinz

Tristachya rehmannii Hack. in Schinz

Artist not stated in the record · Nov 1976

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fecundity Figure

Fecundity Figure

Artist not stated in the record · 360–343 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Aspalathus rugosa Thunb.

Aspalathus rugosa Thunb.

Artist not stated in the record · 22 Dec 1978

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 644 matched · 24 examined · 3 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 99902 matched · 40 examined · 19 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-01 22:31 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.