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 “Christ Praying in the Garden of Olives” — 64 records examined, 6 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 13:27 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 Agony in the Garden, by Nicolas Poussin

The Agony in the Garden

Nicolas Poussin · 1626–27

Public domainThe Met
Christ Praying in the Garden of Olives

Christ Praying in the Garden of Olives

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1615

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Agony in the Garden, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

The Agony in the Garden

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

Public domainThe Met
Embroidered picture

Embroidered picture

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Visitation, by Master Heinrich of Constance

The Visitation

Master Heinrich of Constance · ca. 1310–20

Public domainThe Met
Christ in the Garden of Olives, by Baillie, James S.

Christ in the Garden of Olives

Baillie, James S. · ca 1846

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross, by Hans Schäufelein

The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross

Hans Schäufelein · ca. 1510

Public domainThe Met
Christ on the Mount of Olives (The Agony in the Garden), from The Little Passion Series

Christ on the Mount of Olives (The Agony in the Garden), from The Little Passion Series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1509–1511

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Agony in the Garden

The Agony in the Garden

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1390

Public domainThe Met
Christ on the Mount of Olives (Agony in the Garden), from the Great Passion

Christ on the Mount of Olives (Agony in the Garden), from the Great Passion

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1498

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Diptych with Scenes from the Passion of Jesus

Diptych with Scenes from the Passion of Jesus

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1350

Public domainThe Met
Lamentation over the Dead Christ, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1580 – 1605

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Women Picking Olives, by Vincent van Gogh

Women Picking Olives

Vincent van Gogh · 1889

Public domainThe Met
Salome Dancing during the Banquet of Herod [above]; Salome Offering Saint John's Head to her Parents [below], by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Salome Dancing during the Banquet of Herod [above]; Salome Offering Saint John's Head to her Parents [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · 1595 or before

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Diptych with Scenes from the Passion of Jesus

Diptych with Scenes from the Passion of Jesus

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1350–75

Public domainThe Met
Figure Praying before Shrine of Christ, by Esther Blaikie MacKinnon, Scottish, born Aberdeen, Scotland 1884-died Banchory, Scotland 1934

Figure Praying before Shrine of Christ

Esther Blaikie MacKinnon, Scottish, born Aberdeen, Scotland 1884-died Banchory, Scotland 1934 · 1925

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
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1766

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, by The Limbourg Brothers

The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry

The Limbourg Brothers · 1405–1408/1409

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1786

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Shepherds, by Andrea Mantegna

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Andrea Mantegna · shortly after 1450

Public domainThe Met
Christ in the Garden

Christ in the Garden

Artist not stated in the record · 1500–50

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
La Virgen del pilar, by José Campeche y Jordán, born San Juan, Puerto Rico 1751-died San Juan, Puerto Rico 1809

La Virgen del pilar

José Campeche y Jordán, born San Juan, Puerto Rico 1751-died San Juan, Puerto Rico 1809 · late 18th 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. 395 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. 7483878 matched · 40 examined · 6 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 13:27 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.