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. 22 shown for “Cesare Nebbia” — 50 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-07 13:57 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.
An Ecclesiastic (Pope?) Blessing a Book before the Sacred College, by Cesare Nebbia

An Ecclesiastic (Pope?) Blessing a Book before the Sacred College

Cesare Nebbia · 1580–90

Public domainThe Met
A scene from the Passion of Christ (Christ before Pilate), by Cesare Nebbia, Italian, ca. 1536 - 1614

A scene from the Passion of Christ (Christ before Pilate)

Cesare Nebbia, Italian, ca. 1536 - 1614 · late 16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Pentecost (The Descent of the Holy Spirit), by Cesare Nebbia

The Pentecost (The Descent of the Holy Spirit)

Cesare Nebbia · ca. 1576

Public domainThe Met
Pentacalia polymera (Klatt) Cuatrec.

Pentacalia polymera (Klatt) Cuatrec.

Artist not stated in the record · 10 Mar 1993

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Mathew and the Angel, by Cesare Nebbia

Saint Mathew and the Angel

Cesare Nebbia · 1556–1614

Public domainThe Met
Pentacalia polymera (Klatt) Cuatrec.

Pentacalia polymera (Klatt) Cuatrec.

Artist not stated in the record · 10 Mar 1993

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Assumption of the Virgin, by Cesare Nebbia

The Assumption of the Virgin

Cesare Nebbia · 1536–1614

Public domainThe Met
Justicia comata (L.) Lam.

Justicia comata (L.) Lam.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 30/12/84

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens, by Cesare Nebbia

The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens

Cesare Nebbia · 1570s

Public domainThe Met
Joaquin Cesar de Figaniere e Morao and Danel J. Desmond, by Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861

Joaquin Cesar de Figaniere e Morao and Danel J. Desmond

Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861 · 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure of a Warrior King, by Cesare Nebbia

Standing Figure of a Warrior King

Cesare Nebbia · 1536–1614

Public domainThe Met
Sciurus granatensis splendidus

Sciurus granatensis splendidus

Artist not stated in the record · 22 Oct 1942

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Banquet Scene: A Seated Warrior Attended by a Number of Servants (recto); Back View of a Standing Man in a Long Cloak (verso), by Cesare Nebbia

Banquet Scene: A Seated Warrior Attended by a Number of Servants (recto); Back View of a Standing Man in a Long Cloak (verso)

Cesare Nebbia · 1536–1614

Public domainThe Met
Rhipidomys venezuelae

Rhipidomys venezuelae

Artist not stated in the record · 18 Oct 1942

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Moses and Other Figures, by Cesare Nebbia

Moses and Other Figures

Cesare Nebbia · 1570–80

Public domainThe Met
Tayassu pecari spiradens

Tayassu pecari spiradens

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Apr 1943

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Building, by Cesare Nebbia

Building

Cesare Nebbia · 1536–1614

Public domainThe Met
Pecari tajacu torvus

Pecari tajacu torvus

Artist not stated in the record · 17 Nov 1942

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint John the Evangelist, by Giovanni de' Vecchi

Saint John the Evangelist

Giovanni de' Vecchi · 1598–99

Public domainThe Met
Cerdocyon thous aquilus

Cerdocyon thous aquilus

Artist not stated in the record · 14 Apr 1943

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Leopardus wiedii pirrensis

Leopardus wiedii pirrensis

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Apr 1943

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sciurus granatensis splendidus

Sciurus granatensis splendidus

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Apr 1943

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. 10 matched · 10 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.10 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 5605 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 2026-09-07 13:57 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.