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 “Box with Standing Saints” — 64 records examined, 2 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 11:06 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.
Box with Standing Saints

Box with Standing Saints

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century (with 19th century elements)

Public domainThe Met
The Sudarium (Saints Veronica, Peter, and Paul), from The Little Passion Series

The Sudarium (Saints Veronica, Peter, and Paul), from The Little Passion Series

Artist not stated in the record · 1510

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box

Box

Artist not stated in the record · 15th century

Public domainThe Met
The Virgin and Child with Saints, Study after Gerolamo Marchesi, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

The Virgin and Child with Saints, Study after Gerolamo Marchesi

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1810–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke

The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke

Artist not stated in the record · early 9th century

Public domainThe Met
Madonna enthroned with saints, by Denys Calvaert, Flemish, 1540 - 1619

Madonna enthroned with saints

Denys Calvaert, Flemish, 1540 - 1619 · 1580

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Madonna and Child and St. John, Study after Francia; Madonna and Child with St. John, Study after Dossi; Madonna and Child with St. John, Bishop Saint, St. Appolonia; Madonna and Child in Niche, Study after Sculpture by Salvator Mundy, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Madonna and Child and St. John, Study after Francia; Madonna and Child with St. John, Study after Dossi; Madonna and Child with St. John, Bishop Saint, St. Appolonia; Madonna and Child in Niche, Study after Sculpture by Salvator Mundy

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1821–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints above Predella Panels

The Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints above Predella Panels

Artist not stated in the record · 1440–46

Public domainThe Met
Saint John the Baptist, A Saint Bishop (Porbably One of the Doctors), and Two Devouts, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

Saint John the Baptist, A Saint Bishop (Porbably One of the Doctors), and Two Devouts

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

Public domainThe Met
Study for an Altarpiece: Christ with Saint Stephen, Saint Paul, and Saint Francis

Study for an Altarpiece: Christ with Saint Stephen, Saint Paul, and Saint Francis

Artist not stated in the record · 1550–1575

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with Saints, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

Madonna and Child with Saints

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) · 1454

Public domainThe Met
Sketches of the Virgin with the Child and a Saint, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

Sketches of the Virgin with the Child and a Saint

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1835

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Snuffbox, by Saint-Cloud factory

Snuffbox

Saint-Cloud factory · ca. 1740

Public domainThe Met
Virgin and Child with Saints, by Charles Mellin, French, 1600 - 1649

Virgin and Child with Saints

Charles Mellin, French, 1600 - 1649 · 1620–49

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Snuffbox, by Saint-Cloud factory

Snuffbox

Saint-Cloud factory · ca. 1749–50

Public domainThe Met
The Holy Family with Saint Catherine; St. John the Baptist, after Guercino; St. George and the Dragon, After Alessandro Tiarini; Two Putti, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

The Holy Family with Saint Catherine; St. John the Baptist, after Guercino; St. George and the Dragon, After Alessandro Tiarini; Two Putti

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1821–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box (part of a set), by Nicolas François Foulon

Box (part of a set)

Nicolas François Foulon · late 17th–early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
A "Santa Conversazione", by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

A "Santa Conversazione"

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
The elevation of a tower-like structure for a firework at the feast of St. Rosalia in Palermo

The elevation of a tower-like structure for a firework at the feast of St. Rosalia in Palermo

Artist not stated in the record · 1780–1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing attendant

Standing attendant

Artist not stated in the record · 7th century

Public domainThe Met
Votive candle stand with base from Saint Augustine Catholic Church

Votive candle stand with base from Saint Augustine Catholic Church

Artist not stated in the record · 20th 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. 1137 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. 398357 matched · 40 examined · 2 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 2026-08-27 11:06 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.