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. 23 shown for “Anonymous, Italian, Tuscan, late 15th century” — 64 records examined, 30 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-31 02:10 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.
Studies after Antique Frieze Figures, Including Putti with Garlands, with a Chimera and Dolphins (recto); Sketch of a Head (verso), by Anonymous, Italian, Tuscan, late 15th century

Studies after Antique Frieze Figures, Including Putti with Garlands, with a Chimera and Dolphins (recto); Sketch of a Head (verso)

Anonymous, Italian, Tuscan, late 15th century · ca. 1490

Public domainThe Met
Mourning sampler

Mourning sampler

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Paul with a Donor; Christ Appearing to His Mother, by Master of the Saint Ursula Legend

Saint Paul with a Donor; Christ Appearing to His Mother

Master of the Saint Ursula Legend · ca. 1485

Public domainThe Met
Decorative Study; Verso: Anatomical Study, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Decorative Study; Verso: Anatomical Study

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1814–18

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Presentation in the Temple, by Byzantine Painter

The Presentation in the Temple

Byzantine Painter

Public domainThe Met
Whiling Away the Summer in the Shade of Pines 《松陰消夏圖》, by Zhe School 浙派

Whiling Away the Summer in the Shade of Pines 《松陰消夏圖》

Zhe School 浙派 · 15th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini, by Maestro delle Storie del Pane

Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini

Maestro delle Storie del Pane · 1494(?)

Public domainThe Met
Head of a Young Woman, by Unidentified (Italian)

Head of a Young Woman

Unidentified (Italian) · 15th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini, by Maestro delle Storie del Pane

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini

Maestro delle Storie del Pane · 1494?

Public domainThe Met
Sofa, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Sofa

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1795–1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Last Supper, by Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio)

The Last Supper

Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio) · ca. 1325

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design: Walled Courtyard with View of a Garden

Stage Design: Walled Courtyard with View of a Garden

Artist not stated in the record · 1699–1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido, by Biduinus

Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido

Biduinus · ca. 1175

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Michael and the Dragon, by Spanish (Valencian) Painter(?)

Saint Michael and the Dragon

Spanish (Valencian) Painter(?) · ca. 1405

Public domainThe Met
Adoring Angel, by Giovanni della Robbia, Italian, born Florence, Italy 1469-died Florence, Italy 1529/30

Adoring Angel

Giovanni della Robbia, Italian, born Florence, Italy 1469-died Florence, Italy 1529/30 · 15th-16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two-Handled Jar

Two-Handled Jar

Artist not stated in the record · early 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Adoring Angel, by Giovanni della Robbia, Italian, born Florence, Italy 1469-died Florence, Italy 1529/30

Adoring Angel

Giovanni della Robbia, Italian, born Florence, Italy 1469-died Florence, Italy 1529/30 · 15th-16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief from a Pulpit with the Symbol of Saint Luke, by Master Christophanus or Stephanus

Relief from a Pulpit with the Symbol of Saint Luke

Master Christophanus or Stephanus · ca. 1180

Public domainThe Met
Rendering of Various Decorative details of Bologna; Verso: Architectural Details, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Rendering of Various Decorative details of Bologna; Verso: Architectural Details

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1810–14

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Reparata Tortured with Red-Hot Irons, by Bernardo Daddi

Saint Reparata Tortured with Red-Hot Irons

Bernardo Daddi

Public domainThe Met
Panel

Panel

Artist not stated in the record · 15th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with Angels, by Pietro di Domenico da Montepulciano

Madonna and Child with Angels

Pietro di Domenico da Montepulciano · 1420

Public domainThe Met
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. 1727 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 70196 matched · 40 examined · 29 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.11 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-31 02:10 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.