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 “Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637” — 56 records examined, 0 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 01:37 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 Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
Sense of Smell, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith), by Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637

Sense of Smell, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith)

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637 · ca. 1580

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Clock watch with astronomical dial and sundial, by Jan Jansen Bockeltz

Clock watch with astronomical dial and sundial

Jan Jansen Bockeltz · ca. 1605–10

Public domainThe Met
Discord: The Good and the Bad Household, by Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637

Discord: The Good and the Bad Household

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637 · 1589

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Colonist René de Laudonnière Sablais, after van de Passe, by Charles Meryon

The Colonist René de Laudonnière Sablais, after van de Passe

Charles Meryon · 1861

Public domainThe Met
Sense of Sound, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith), by Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637

Sense of Sound, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith)

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637 · ca. 1580

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Anthony, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Elizabeth, by Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Saint Anthony, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Elizabeth

Crispijn de Passe the Elder · 1582–1637

Public domainThe Met
Sense of Sight, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith), by Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637

Sense of Sight, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith)

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637 · ca. 1580

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Noah kneeling before God at left, the construction of the ark underway beyond, from "Liber Genesis", by Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Noah kneeling before God at left, the construction of the ark underway beyond, from "Liber Genesis"

Crispijn de Passe the Elder · 1612

Public domainThe Met
Sense of Taste, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith), by Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637

Sense of Taste, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith)

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637 · ca. 1580

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mankind surrendering to lechery before the Flood: embracing couples on benches around a table with food and drink, from "Liber Genesis", by Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Mankind surrendering to lechery before the Flood: embracing couples on benches around a table with food and drink, from "Liber Genesis"

Crispijn de Passe the Elder · 1612

Public domainThe Met
Gunmakers Workshop with Names of Parisian Gunmakers, by Thobie Tourneur, Le Thuraine, French, active ca. 1630 – ca. 1690

Gunmakers Workshop with Names of Parisian Gunmakers

Thobie Tourneur, Le Thuraine, French, active ca. 1630 – ca. 1690 · 1660

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Entry into the ark: Noah and his family walk toward the ark in the background, pairs of animals walk up a ramp leading into the ark, from "Liber Genesis", by Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Entry into the ark: Noah and his family walk toward the ark in the background, pairs of animals walk up a ramp leading into the ark, from "Liber Genesis"

Crispijn de Passe the Elder · 1612

Public domainThe Met
Title Plate: "Artis Persp, by Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600

Title Plate: "Artis Persp

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600 · 1568

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The beginning of the Flood: men and women climb to higher ground at right, water overtaking animals and people at left, Noah's Ark beyond, from "Liber Genesis", by Crispijn de Passe the Elder

The beginning of the Flood: men and women climb to higher ground at right, water overtaking animals and people at left, Noah's Ark beyond, from "Liber Genesis"

Crispijn de Passe the Elder · 1612

Public domainThe Met
Angled View of a Street with Standing Halberdier in Arched Opening at Right, by Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600

Angled View of a Street with Standing Halberdier in Arched Opening at Right

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600 · 1560

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Flood destroys life on earth: corpses of humans and animals adrift in the foreground, Noah's ark beyond and a flying dove holding a branch above, from "Liber Genesis", by Crispijn de Passe the Elder

The Flood destroys life on earth: corpses of humans and animals adrift in the foreground, Noah's ark beyond and a flying dove holding a branch above, from "Liber Genesis"

Crispijn de Passe the Elder · 1612

Public domainThe Met
View of an Open-columned Hall, by Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600

View of an Open-columned Hall

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600 · 1560

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Destruction of the Tower of Babel: at right men and women flee from the burning tower, at left men and women raise their hands toward two flying angels, from "Liber Genesis", by Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Destruction of the Tower of Babel: at right men and women flee from the burning tower, at left men and women raise their hands toward two flying angels, from "Liber Genesis"

Crispijn de Passe the Elder · 1612

Public domainThe Met
View of a Dining Hall with Flat Beamed Ceiling and Decorated with Framed Scenes, by Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600

View of a Dining Hall with Flat Beamed Ceiling and Decorated with Framed Scenes

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600 · 1560

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Aftermath of the Flood: human bodies strewn on dry land in the foreground, Noah's ark moored on a rocky outcrop beyond, from "Liber Genesis", by Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Aftermath of the Flood: human bodies strewn on dry land in the foreground, Noah's ark moored on a rocky outcrop beyond, from "Liber Genesis"

Crispijn de Passe the Elder · 1612

Public domainThe Met
View of a Barrel-vaulted Arcaded Hall with a Baldachino at Far End, by Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600

View of a Barrel-vaulted Arcaded Hall with a Baldachino at Far End

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600 · 1560

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drunkenness of Noah: Shem and Japheth cover the naked body of Noah, who lies in a tent, a male figure at far right points to Noah, from "Liber Genesis", by Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Drunkenness of Noah: Shem and Japheth cover the naked body of Noah, who lies in a tent, a male figure at far right points to Noah, from "Liber Genesis"

Crispijn de Passe the Elder · 1612

Public domainThe Met
View of Open Galleries with Entrance to Palace at Right, by Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600

View of Open Galleries with Entrance to Palace at Right

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600 · 1560

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. 16 matched · 16 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. 1857556 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 2026-09-04 01:37 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.