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 “Johannes Andreas Niefind” — 64 records examined, 14 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 20:44 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.
ex "Kurtz" Violin, by Andrea Amati

ex "Kurtz" Violin

Andrea Amati · ca. 1560

Public domainThe Met
A "Forum", by Johann Andréas Pfeffel, German, 1674–1748

A "Forum"

Johann Andréas Pfeffel, German, 1674–1748 · 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Combination Flintlock Pistol and Sword, by Johannes Andreas Niefind

Combination Flintlock Pistol and Sword

Johannes Andreas Niefind · ca. 1740

Public domainThe Met
I.G.R. Andreae, in Hannover

I.G.R. Andreae, in Hannover

Artist not stated in the record · 1786

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, by Johannes Vermeer

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1662

Public domainThe Met
Jewelry Designs, by Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699

Jewelry Designs

Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699 · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Allegory of the Catholic Faith, by Johannes Vermeer

Allegory of the Catholic Faith

Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1670–72

Public domainThe Met
Jewelry Designs, by Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699

Jewelry Designs

Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699 · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Maid Asleep, by Johannes Vermeer

A Maid Asleep

Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1656–57

Public domainThe Met
Jewelry and Ornament Designs, by Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699

Jewelry and Ornament Designs

Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699 · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Young Woman with a Lute, by Johannes Vermeer

Young Woman with a Lute

Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1662–63

Public domainThe Met
Sword Hilt (Handles) and Guard Designs, by Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699

Sword Hilt (Handles) and Guard Designs

Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699 · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Shepherds, by Andrea Mantegna

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Andrea Mantegna · shortly after 1450

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699

Title Page

Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699 · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mirror, by Johann Valentin Gevers

Mirror

Johann Valentin Gevers · ca. 1710

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Jewelry, Clasps, Fans, Mirror, and Bookbinding, by Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699

Designs for Jewelry, Clasps, Fans, Mirror, and Bookbinding

Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699 · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tobit Burying the Dead, by Andrea di Lione

Tobit Burying the Dead

Andrea di Lione · 1640s

Public domainThe Met
The Open Table for the Three Uppermost Classes of Men of Lower Austria, by Christian Engelbrecht, German, 1672–1753

The Open Table for the Three Uppermost Classes of Men of Lower Austria

Christian Engelbrecht, German, 1672–1753 · 1705

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, by Andrea Solario

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Andrea Solario · ca. 1507–9

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699

Title Page

Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699 · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of Flintlock Pistols, by Johann Andreas Kuchenreuter

Pair of Flintlock Pistols

Johann Andreas Kuchenreuter · ca. 1760–70

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design: Garden Scene with a Fountain, Part V, Plate 8, "Architettura e Prospettive," Augsburg, by Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, Italian, 1696–1756

Stage Design: Garden Scene with a Fountain, Part V, Plate 8, "Architettura e Prospettive," Augsburg

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, Italian, 1696–1756 · 1740–44

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Masked Ball in Bohemia, by Andreas Altomonte

A Masked Ball in Bohemia

Andreas Altomonte · ca. 1748

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design: Garden Scene with Fountain, plate 8, part 5, from "Architetture e Prospettive dedicate alla Maestà di Carlo Sesto"

Stage Design: Garden Scene with Fountain, plate 8, part 5, from "Architetture e Prospettive dedicate alla Maestà di Carlo Sesto"

Artist not stated in the record · 1740–44

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. 207 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. 8142 matched · 40 examined · 14 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 2026-09-02 20:44 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.