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 “An oratory dedicated to the Virgin” — 64 records examined, 15 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 10:04 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.
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, by Hendrick ter Brugghen

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen · ca. 1624–25

Public domainThe Met
An oratory dedicated to the Virgin

An oratory dedicated to the Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Virgin and Child in Majesty and the Adoration of the Magi, by Master of Pedret

The Virgin and Child in Majesty and the Adoration of the Magi

Master of Pedret · ca. 1100

Public domainThe Met
Altar Dedicated to a Virgin Martyr [St. Lucy?], by Unknown, Italian

Altar Dedicated to a Virgin Martyr [St. Lucy?]

Unknown, Italian · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Claus de Werve

Virgin and Child

Claus de Werve · ca. 1415–19

Public domainThe Met
Drawing for an Oratory (Memorial Chapel)

Drawing for an Oratory (Memorial Chapel)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin, by Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni)

The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin

Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) · before 1402

Public domainThe Met
Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, after Titian (right sheet)

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, after Titian (right sheet)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Virgin and Child, by Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden

Standing Virgin and Child

Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden · ca. 1470

Public domainThe Met
Design for an Oratory (Memorial Chapel)

Design for an Oratory (Memorial Chapel)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Birth of the Virgin, by Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini)

The Birth of the Virgin

Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini) · 1467

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Decoration of a Chapel and Garden Statuary, by Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

Designs for Decoration of a Chapel and Garden Statuary

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833 · 1812

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bust of the Virgin

Bust of the Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1390–95

Public domainThe Met
The Genius of the Painter, by Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi, Italian, 1627 - 1691

The Genius of the Painter

Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi, Italian, 1627 - 1691 · 1645–47

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double Virginal, by Lodewijck Grouwels

Double Virginal

Lodewijck Grouwels · 1600

Public domainThe Met
An altar dedicated to Apollo

An altar dedicated to Apollo

Artist not stated in the record · 1815

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Death of the Virgin (The Dormition), by Tilman Heysacker

The Death of the Virgin (The Dormition)

Tilman Heysacker · late 15th century

Public domainThe Met
The Virgin and Child with an Angel, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

The Virgin and Child with an Angel

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1820–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rectangular Octave Virginal

Rectangular Octave Virginal

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1600

Public domainThe Met
Dedication Page, by Carlo Maria Pozzi

Dedication Page

Carlo Maria Pozzi · 1708

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo

Virgin and Child

Bartolomé Estebán Murillo · 1670s

Public domainThe Met
Frame for the Title or the Dedication of a Music Book, or a Program of or an Invitation to a Concert

Frame for the Title or the Dedication of a Music Book, or a Program of or an Invitation to a Concert

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with the Virgin Mary as a Personification of the Church

Plaque with the Virgin Mary as a Personification of the Church

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 800–825

Public domainThe Met
Ascension of the Virgin, by Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino, Italian, 1572 - 1645

Ascension of the Virgin

Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino, Italian, 1572 - 1645 · early 17th century

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. 2281 matched · 24 examined · 0 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. 1758279 matched · 40 examined · 15 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 2026-09-02 10:04 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.