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 “John F. Peto” — 64 records examined, 9 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 22:31 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.
Old Souvenirs, by John F. Peto

Old Souvenirs

John F. Peto · ca. 1881–1901

Public domainThe Met
Rack Picture for William Malcolm Bunn, by John F. Peto, born Philadelphia, PA 1854-died Island Heights, NJ 1907

Rack Picture for William Malcolm Bunn

John F. Peto, born Philadelphia, PA 1854-died Island Heights, NJ 1907 · 1882

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Office Board, by John F. Peto

Office Board

John F. Peto · 1885

Public domainThe Met
Mug, Pipe and Match, by John Frederick Peto, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1854–1907

Mug, Pipe and Match

John Frederick Peto, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1854–1907 · (c. 1887)

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Old Cremona, by John F. Peto

The Old Cremona

John F. Peto · ca. 1887–90

Public domainThe Met
Sclerocarpus divaricatus (Benth.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl.

Sclerocarpus divaricatus (Benth.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl.

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Jul 1932 to 27 Jul 1932

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint John on Patmos, by Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien)

Saint John on Patmos

Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) · ca. 1511

Public domainThe Met
Crossopetalum gaumeri (Loes.) Lundell

Crossopetalum gaumeri (Loes.) Lundell

Artist not stated in the record · 18 Sep 1954

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, by Hendrick ter Brugghen

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen · ca. 1624–25

Public domainThe Met
Psidium oligospermum Mart. ex DC.

Psidium oligospermum Mart. ex DC.

Artist not stated in the record · 18 Sep 1954

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Altarpiece with Christ, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Margaret, by Andrea da Giona

Altarpiece with Christ, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Margaret

Andrea da Giona · 1434

Public domainThe Met
Bauhinia divaricata L.

Bauhinia divaricata L.

Artist not stated in the record · 18 Sep 1954

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Over-the-Shoulder Soprano Horn in E-flat, by John F. Stratton

Over-the-Shoulder Soprano Horn in E-flat

John F. Stratton · ca. 1880

Public domainThe Met
Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C.E. Hubb.

Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C.E. Hubb.

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Sep 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Flims Room

The Flims Room

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1682–84

Public domainThe Met
Paspalum squamulatum E. Fourn.

Paspalum squamulatum E. Fourn.

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Sep 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Artist's Letter Rack, by William Michael Harnett

The Artist's Letter Rack

William Michael Harnett · 1879

Public domainThe Met
Brachiaria fasciculata (Sw.) Parodi

Brachiaria fasciculata (Sw.) Parodi

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Sep 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Vision of Saint John, by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

The Vision of Saint John

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) · ca. 1608–14

Public domainThe Met
Setariopsis auriculata (E. Fourn.) Scribn.

Setariopsis auriculata (E. Fourn.) Scribn.

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Sep 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist, by Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)

The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) · ca. 1528

Public domainThe Met
Cenchrus spinifex Cav.

Cenchrus spinifex Cav.

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Sep 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jubal and Miriam, by William Jay Bolton

Jubal and Miriam

William Jay Bolton · 1843–48

Public domainThe Met
Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen

Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Sep 1968

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. 3045 matched · 24 examined · 7 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. 897345 matched · 40 examined · 2 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 2026-08-28 22:31 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.