OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
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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 van Mekeren” — 64 records examined, 13 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 19:41 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.
Cabinet on stand, by Jan van Mekeren

Cabinet on stand

Jan van Mekeren · ca. 1700–1710

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
Burgomaster Jan van Duren (1613–1687), by Gerard ter Borch the Younger

Burgomaster Jan van Duren (1613–1687)

Gerard ter Borch the Younger · ca. 1666–67

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 Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, by Jan van Eyck

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck · ca. 1436–38

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
View of Haarlem and the Haarlemmer Meer, by Jan van Goyen

View of Haarlem and the Haarlemmer Meer

Jan van Goyen · 1646

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
Margaretha van Haexbergen (1614–1676), by Gerard ter Borch the Younger

Margaretha van Haexbergen (1614–1676)

Gerard ter Borch the Younger · ca. 1666–67

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
Merry Company on a Terrace, by Jan Steen

Merry Company on a Terrace

Jan Steen · ca. 1670

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
The Dissolute Household, by Jan Steen

The Dissolute Household

Jan Steen · ca. 1663–64

Public domainThe Met
Bed Chamber with Flat Beamed Ceiling and Wall Fountain at Right, by Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600

Bed Chamber with Flat Beamed Ceiling and Wall Fountain at Right

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

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
View of a Courtyard with a Colonnade and a Rectangular Fountain with a Putto, by Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600

View of a Courtyard with a Colonnade and a Rectangular Fountain with a Putto

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Woodland Road with Travelers, by Jan Brueghel the Elder

A Woodland Road with Travelers

Jan Brueghel the Elder · 1607

Public domainThe Met
View of Steps Leading to a Colonnaded, Barrel-vaulted Hall Flanked by Statues in Niches, by Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600

View of Steps Leading to a Colonnaded, Barrel-vaulted Hall Flanked by Statues in Niches

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jan (1438/41–1516), First Count of Egmond; Magdalena, Countess of Egmond (1464–1538), by North Netherlandish Painter

Jan (1438/41–1516), First Count of Egmond; Magdalena, Countess of Egmond (1464–1538)

North Netherlandish Painter

Public domainThe Met
Interior view of a Hall with Statuary, by Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600

Interior view of a Hall with Statuary

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child in a Niche, by Jan van Eyck

Virgin and Child in a Niche

Jan van Eyck · ca. 1440–50

Public domainThe Met
View of a City Plaza with a Rectangular Fountain at Center, and a Domed Round Building at Right, by Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600

View of a City Plaza with a Rectangular Fountain at Center, and a Domed Round Building at Right

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with Four Angels, by Gerard David

Virgin and Child with Four Angels

Gerard David · ca. 1510–15

Public domainThe Met
View of an Open-Columned Hall in a Plaza, with a Column and a Square Building at Right, by Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600

View of an Open-Columned Hall in a Plaza, with a Column and a Square Building 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. 815 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. 528934 matched · 40 examined · 13 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 19:41 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.

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