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 “Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio” — 64 records examined, 31 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 03:07 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 Head of a Woman in Profile Facing Left, by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio

The Head of a Woman in Profile Facing Left

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio · 1490–1500

Public domainThe Met
After Boltraffio, "Sacra Conversazione", by Kenyon Cox, born Warren, OH 1856-died New York City 1919

After Boltraffio, "Sacra Conversazione"

Kenyon Cox, born Warren, OH 1856-died New York City 1919 · 1878-1882

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families, by Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia)

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia) · ca. 1449

Public domainThe Met
A Stucco Angel from the Nave Vault, Church of the Gesu, Rome," from the album "Drawings after Ornament and Architecture", by Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773

A Stucco Angel from the Nave Vault, Church of the Gesu, Rome," from the album "Drawings after Ornament and Architecture"

Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773 · ca. 1759–70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Piazza San Marco, by Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)

Piazza San Marco

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) · late 1720s

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Marcantonio Franceschini (1648-1729)

Portrait of Marcantonio Franceschini (1648-1729)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child, by Giovanni Bellini

Madonna and Child

Giovanni Bellini · late 1480s

Public domainThe Met
Veduta del Tempio di Antonio e Faustina in Campo Vaccino, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

Veduta del Tempio di Antonio e Faustina in Campo Vaccino

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778 · 1758

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Study for the Equestrian Monument to Francesco Sforza, by Antonio Pollaiuolo

Study for the Equestrian Monument to Francesco Sforza

Antonio Pollaiuolo · early to mid 1480s

Public domainThe Met
Facade of the Palace of Mr. D'Aste on St. Mark's Square, Rome, by Giovanni Antonio Rossi, Italian, active 1553

Facade of the Palace of Mr. D'Aste on St. Mark's Square, Rome

Giovanni Antonio Rossi, Italian, active 1553 · 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with Angels, by Antonio Rossellino

Madonna and Child with Angels

Antonio Rossellino · ca. 1455–60

Public domainThe Met
Pentecost, by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, Italian, 1675–1741

Pentecost

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, Italian, 1675–1741 · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalen, and Leonard, by Correggio (Antonio Allegri)

Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalen, and Leonard

Correggio (Antonio Allegri) · ca. 1515

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design: Palace Entrance with Arch, by Giovanni Antonio Galliari, 1718 - 1783

Stage Design: Palace Entrance with Arch

Giovanni Antonio Galliari, 1718 - 1783 · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Crowned with Thorns, by Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio)

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio)

Public domainThe Met
Sketches of Peg-Legged Men

Sketches of Peg-Legged Men

Artist not stated in the record · 1740–50

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Young Man, by Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio)

Portrait of a Young Man

Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio) · ca. 1470

Public domainThe Met
State Coach, by Giovanni Paolo Schor, 1615 – 1674

State Coach

Giovanni Paolo Schor, 1615 – 1674 · 1650–60

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Warwick Castle: The East Front, by Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)

Warwick Castle: The East Front

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) · 1752

Public domainThe Met
Allegory of the Planets and Continents, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Allegory of the Planets and Continents

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1752

Public domainThe Met
The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Glorification of the Barbaro Family

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · ca. 1750

Public domainThe Met
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. 623 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. 38407 matched · 40 examined · 31 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.9 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-27 03:07 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.