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 “Jan Sanders van Hemessen” — 64 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 09:54 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 Calling of Saint Matthew, by Jan Sanders van Hemessen

The Calling of Saint Matthew

Jan Sanders van Hemessen · early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Poa annua L.

Poa annua L.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Apr 2013

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Magi, by Joos van Wassenhove

The Adoration of the Magi

Joos van Wassenhove · 1472–74

Public domainThe Met
Commelina caroliniana Walter

Commelina caroliniana Walter

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Oct 1992

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Feast of Acheloüs, by Peter Paul Rubens

The Feast of Acheloüs

Peter Paul Rubens · ca. 1615

Public domainThe Met
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.

Commelina diffusa Burm. f.

Artist not stated in the record · 10 Oct 1992

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Joos van Cleve

Virgin and Child

Joos van Cleve · ca. 1525

Public domainThe Met
Salvia mexicana L.

Salvia mexicana L.

Artist not stated in the record · 5 Oct 1992

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1653

Public domainThe Met
Wimmeria mexicana (DC.) Lundell

Wimmeria mexicana (DC.) Lundell

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Oct 1992

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Francesco d'Este (born ca. 1429, died after 1486), by Rogier van der Weyden

Francesco d'Este (born ca. 1429, died after 1486)

Rogier van der Weyden · ca. 1460

Public domainThe Met
Cardiospermum cuchujaquense Ferrucci & Acev.-Rodr.

Cardiospermum cuchujaquense Ferrucci & Acev.-Rodr.

Artist not stated in the record · 10 Oct 1992

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
Euphorbia helioscopia L.

Euphorbia helioscopia L.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Apr 2013

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Holy Family, by Joos van Cleve

The Holy Family

Joos van Cleve · ca. 1512–13

Public domainThe Met
Veronica persica Poir.

Veronica persica Poir.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Apr 2013

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Man in Prayer, by Rogier van der Weyden

Man in Prayer

Rogier van der Weyden · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
Cardamine hirsuta L.

Cardamine hirsuta L.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Apr 2013

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Annunciation, by Hans Memling

The Annunciation

Hans Memling · ca. 1465–70

Public domainThe Met
Acer rubrum L.

Acer rubrum L.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Apr 2013

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Man in a Turban, by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Man in a Turban

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1632

Public domainThe Met
Acer rubrum L.

Acer rubrum L.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Apr 2013

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman, by Quinten Massys

Portrait of a Woman

Quinten Massys · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
Viola bicolor Pursh

Viola bicolor Pursh

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Apr 2013

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. 30 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. 531702 matched · 40 examined · 11 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 2026-09-01 09:54 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.