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 “Jerónimo Antonio Gil” — 51 records examined, 6 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 03:27 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.
Medal Showing Charles III of Spain, 1778, by Jerónimo Antonio Gil

Medal Showing Charles III of Spain, 1778

Jerónimo Antonio Gil · 1778

Public domainThe Met
Turnera scabra Millsp.

Turnera scabra Millsp.

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Jan 1983

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Charles III of Spain, as Protector of the Royal Academy of Mexico, by Geronimo Antonio Gil

Charles III of Spain, as Protector of the Royal Academy of Mexico

Geronimo Antonio Gil · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Ficus crocata (Miq.) Miq.

Ficus crocata (Miq.) Miq.

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Jan 1983

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Michael the Archangel, by Ignacio de Ries

Saint Michael the Archangel

Ignacio de Ries · 1640s

Public domainThe Met
Hauya elegans subsp. lucida (Donn. Sm. & Rose) P.H. Raven & Breedlove

Hauya elegans subsp. lucida (Donn. Sm. & Rose) P.H. Raven & Breedlove

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Jan 1983

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain, by Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)

Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain

Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) · probably 1624

Public domainThe Met
Martynia annua L.

Martynia annua L.

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Jan 1983

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Lamentation, by Luis de Morales

The Lamentation

Luis de Morales · ca. 1560

Public domainThe Met
Bouchea prismatica (L.) Kuntze

Bouchea prismatica (L.) Kuntze

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Jan 1983

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670), by Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)

Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670)

Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) · 1650

Public domainThe Met
Salvia dorisiana Standl.

Salvia dorisiana Standl.

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Jan 1983

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Giles with Christ Triumphant over Satan and the Mission of the Apostles, by Miguel Alcañiz (or Miquel Alcanyís)

Saint Giles with Christ Triumphant over Satan and the Mission of the Apostles

Miguel Alcañiz (or Miquel Alcanyís) · ca. 1408

Public domainThe Met
Senna stipulacea var. anglorum H.S. Irwin & Barneby

Senna stipulacea var. anglorum H.S. Irwin & Barneby

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Nov 1981

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Supper at Emmaus, by Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)

The Supper at Emmaus

Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) · 1622–23

Public domainThe Met
Hiraea barclayana Benth.

Hiraea barclayana Benth.

Artist not stated in the record · 13 May 1950

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
María Teresa (1638–1683), Infanta of Spain, by Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)

María Teresa (1638–1683), Infanta of Spain

Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) · 1651–54

Public domainThe Met
Semialarium mexicanum (Miers) Mennega

Semialarium mexicanum (Miers) Mennega

Artist not stated in the record · 13 May 1950

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Croton glabellus L.

Croton glabellus L.

Artist not stated in the record · 14 Apr 1957

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Senna emarginata L.

Senna emarginata L.

Artist not stated in the record · 13 May 1956

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vitex gaumeri Greenm.

Vitex gaumeri Greenm.

Artist not stated in the record · 13 May 1956

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. 11 matched · 11 examined · 2 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.9 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 38976 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 03:27 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.