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 van Beaver” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 00:30 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.
King George II (1683–1760), by John van Beaver

King George II (1683–1760)

John van Beaver · 1732–35

Public domainThe Met
Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.

Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 2018

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lucas van Uffel (died 1637), by Anthony van Dyck

Lucas van Uffel (died 1637)

Anthony van Dyck · ca. 1622

Public domainThe Met
Sagittaria latifolia Willd.

Sagittaria latifolia Willd.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 2018

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
Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene

Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 2018

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
Tradescantia ohiensis Raf.

Tradescantia ohiensis Raf.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 2018

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
Cyperus echinatus (L.) Alph. Wood

Cyperus echinatus (L.) Alph. Wood

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 2018

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rip Van Winkle Returned, by John Rogers

Rip Van Winkle Returned

John Rogers · 1871; cast 1871 or after

Public domainThe Met
Scleria oligantha Michx.

Scleria oligantha Michx.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 2018

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Van Rensselaer Heir and Enslaved Youth, by John Heaton

Van Rensselaer Heir and Enslaved Youth

John Heaton · ca. 1730

Public domainThe Met
Elymus virginicus L.

Elymus virginicus L.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 2018

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shoes, by Vincent van Gogh

Shoes

Vincent van Gogh · 1888

Public domainThe Met
Eleocharis cellulosa Torr.

Eleocharis cellulosa Torr.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 2018

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
Typha angustifolia L.

Typha angustifolia L.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 2018

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor, by Joos van Cleve

The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor

Joos van Cleve · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
Sabatia angularis (L.) Pursh

Sabatia angularis (L.) Pursh

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 2018

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
Helianthemum rosmarinifolium Pursh

Helianthemum rosmarinifolium Pursh

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 2018

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Self-Portrait, by Anthony van Dyck

Self-Portrait

Anthony van Dyck · ca. 1620–21

Public domainThe Met
Rudbeckia hirta L.

Rudbeckia hirta L.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 2018

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. 1614 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 295727 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 00:30 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.