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. 21 shown for “Daniel Sadeler” — 50 records examined, 24 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 00:26 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.
Wheellock Rifle, by Daniel Sadeler

Wheellock Rifle

Daniel Sadeler · ca. 1610–30

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Pieter Brughel the Younger, by Marco Sadeler

Portrait of Pieter Brughel the Younger

Marco Sadeler · 1606

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wheellock Rifle, by Daniel Sadeler

Wheellock Rifle

Daniel Sadeler · ca. 1610–30

Public domainThe Met
Noah's Ark, by Jan Sadeler, the Elder, ca. 1550 – 1600

Noah's Ark

Jan Sadeler, the Elder, ca. 1550 – 1600 · 1657

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wheellock Spanner with Priming Flask and Screwdriver, by Daniel Sadeler

Wheellock Spanner with Priming Flask and Screwdriver

Daniel Sadeler · ca. 1610–30

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife, Christina Muller

Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife, Christina Muller

Artist not stated in the record · 1600

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rapier

Rapier

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1600–1620

Public domainThe Met
The Fall of Man, by Jan Sadeler, the Elder, ca. 1550 – 1600

The Fall of Man

Jan Sadeler, the Elder, ca. 1550 – 1600 · ca. 1580

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wheellock Pistol Made for Maximilian I of Bavaria (1573–1651), by Emanuel Sadeler

Wheellock Pistol Made for Maximilian I of Bavaria (1573–1651)

Emanuel Sadeler · ca. 1600–1610

Public domainThe Met
St. Cecilia

St. Cecilia

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1580

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Anagram in Honor of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, by Aegidius Sadeler II

Anagram in Honor of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar

Aegidius Sadeler II · ca. 1595–1605

Public domainThe Met
Two Knives

Two Knives

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1640

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wheellock Rifle, by Caspar Spät

Wheellock Rifle

Caspar Spät · ca. 1640–50

Public domainThe Met
Design for Two Knife Handles, by Francesco Salviati, Italian, 1510 – 1563

Design for Two Knife Handles

Francesco Salviati, Italian, 1510 – 1563 · 1583

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lazarus, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus

Lazarus

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus · before 1605

Public domainThe Met
Huntsmen and Company Observing Dogs Retrieving Ducks in a Pond (The Month of April), by Pieter Stevens

Huntsmen and Company Observing Dogs Retrieving Ducks in a Pond (The Month of April)

Pieter Stevens · ca. 1610–20

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
"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, by Chitarman

"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Chitarman · recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50

Public domainThe Met
Minerva, or "Arma" (Allegory of the Art of War), pl. 2 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Minerva, or "Arma" (Allegory of the Art of War), pl. 2 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · 1597

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Nuptiae, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Nuptiae

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Medieval Crucifix, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Medieval Crucifix

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1590–1599

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. 19678 matched · 40 examined · 24 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 00:26 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.