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 “Cornelis Van Dalen, the Younger” — 64 records examined, 18 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 17:29 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.
Portrait of Pietro Aretino, by Cornelis Van Dalen, the Younger

Portrait of Pietro Aretino

Cornelis Van Dalen, the Younger · ca. 1655–60

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1636

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Opulence of Nature, by Cornelis Van Dalen, the Younger

The Opulence of Nature

Cornelis Van Dalen, the Younger · ca. 1649–64

Public domainThe Met
Goblet Commemorating François Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijk (1725–93) and his wife Everdina Petronella (1730–94), countess of Hogendorp

Goblet Commemorating François Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijk (1725–93) and his wife Everdina Petronella (1730–94), countess of Hogendorp

Artist not stated in the record · 1761–1765

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman, by Aelbert Cuyp

Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman

Aelbert Cuyp · ca. 1652–53

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Louis van Boisot

Portrait of Louis van Boisot

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Curiosity, by Gerard ter Borch the Younger

Curiosity

Gerard ter Borch the Younger · ca. 1660–62

Public domainThe Met
Side view of the Second Carriage of Lord Castelmaine built in 1686 by Andrea Cornely after his own designs, by Arnold van Westerhout, Flemish, 1651 – 1725

Side view of the Second Carriage of Lord Castelmaine built in 1686 by Andrea Cornely after his own designs

Arnold van Westerhout, Flemish, 1651 – 1725 · 1687–1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Toilet of Bathsheba, by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

The Toilet of Bathsheba

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1643

Public domainThe Met
Jacob at the Well

Jacob at the Well

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1610

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father, by Maarten van Heemskerck

Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father

Maarten van Heemskerck · 1532

Public domainThe Met
Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher

Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher

Artist not stated in the record · 1634

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Smokers, by Adriaen Brouwer

The Smokers

Adriaen Brouwer · ca. 1636

Public domainThe Met
Hunting snakes, by Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650

Hunting snakes

Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650 · ca. 1595

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Young Woman at Her Toilet with a Maid, by Gerard ter Borch the Younger

A Young Woman at Her Toilet with a Maid

Gerard ter Borch the Younger · ca. 1650–51

Public domainThe Met
Saint Francis and Saint Clara Adoring the Infant Jesus, by Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650

Saint Francis and Saint Clara Adoring the Infant Jesus

Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650 · ca. 1630–1655

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

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
Carex maritima Gunnerus

Carex maritima Gunnerus

Artist not stated in the record · Jul 1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier, by Gerard ter Borch the Younger

A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier

Gerard ter Borch the Younger · ca. 1658

Public domainThe Met
Catching geese, by Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650

Catching geese

Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650 · ca. 1595

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Charles I (1600–1649), King of England, by Daniël Mijtens

Charles I (1600–1649), King of England

Daniël Mijtens · 1629

Public domainThe Met
Side View of the First Carriage (1686) of Lord Castelmaine Built in 1686 by Andrea Cornely after Ciro Ferri, 1687-1700, by Giovanni Battista Lenardi, Italian, 1634 – 1704

Side View of the First Carriage (1686) of Lord Castelmaine Built in 1686 by Andrea Cornely after Ciro Ferri, 1687-1700

Giovanni Battista Lenardi, Italian, 1634 – 1704 · 1687–1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Herman Doomer (ca. 1595–1650), by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Herman Doomer (ca. 1595–1650)

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1640

Public domainThe Met
Rear View of the First Carriage of Lord Catelmaine Built in 1686 by Andrea Cornely after Ciro Ferri (1634-1689), by Giovanni Battista Lenardi, Italian, 1634 – 1704

Rear View of the First Carriage of Lord Catelmaine Built in 1686 by Andrea Cornely after Ciro Ferri (1634-1689)

Giovanni Battista Lenardi, Italian, 1634 – 1704 · 1687–1700

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. 43 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. 1214978 matched · 40 examined · 18 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 17:29 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.