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 “Kneeling Youth” — 64 records examined, 7 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 20:21 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.
Kneeling Youth

Kneeling Youth

Artist not stated in the record · late 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Death of Count Ugolino and his Sons, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Death of Count Ugolino and his Sons

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1815–1823

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kneeling Youth in Armour, by Baldassarre Franceschini (il Volterrano)

Kneeling Youth in Armour

Baldassarre Franceschini (il Volterrano) · 1611–89

Public domainThe Met
Drawing, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Drawing

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1800-1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kneeling Youth Facing Left, by Giacomo Cavedone

Kneeling Youth Facing Left

Giacomo Cavedone · 1577–1660

Public domainThe Met
Servants at a Pump, by Nicolino Calyo, Italian American, 1799 - 1884

Servants at a Pump

Nicolino Calyo, Italian American, 1799 - 1884 · ca. 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Study of a Kneeling Youth and of the Head of Another, by Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci)

Study of a Kneeling Youth and of the Head of Another

Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) · 1500

Public domainThe Met
The Pilgrim, by John Sartain, American, 1808–1897

The Pilgrim

John Sartain, American, 1808–1897 · 1847

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kneeling Nude Youth with Raised Clasped Hands, by Etienne Jeaurat

Kneeling Nude Youth with Raised Clasped Hands

Etienne Jeaurat · ca. 1730–36

Public domainThe Met
Wallpaper Design: Psyche Bringing to Venus a Glass from the Fountain of Youth, by Merry-Joseph Blondel, French, 1781–1853; active Paris, France 1802–1851

Wallpaper Design: Psyche Bringing to Venus a Glass from the Fountain of Youth

Merry-Joseph Blondel, French, 1781–1853; active Paris, France 1802–1851 · 1815

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (recto); Another Study of a Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (verso), by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (recto); Another Study of a Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (verso)

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) · ca. 1620

Public domainThe Met
Psyche Bringing Venus a Goblet of Water from the Fountain of Youth, by Merry-Joseph Blondel, French, 1781–1853; active Paris, France 1802–1851

Psyche Bringing Venus a Goblet of Water from the Fountain of Youth

Merry-Joseph Blondel, French, 1781–1853; active Paris, France 1802–1851 · ca. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chalcedony scaraboid

Chalcedony scaraboid

Artist not stated in the record · late 5th–early 4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Crucifixion with the Four Evangelists [left]; Saint Bridget [right, above]; Hospital Scene [right, below], by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Crucifixion with the Four Evangelists [left]; Saint Bridget [right, above]; Hospital Scene [right, below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1580 – 1605

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar), by Alkimachos Painter

Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)

Alkimachos Painter · ca. 470–460 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Romulus and Remus, Thirteen Paintings for the Sala delle Origini di Roma, Faenza, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Romulus and Remus, Thirteen Paintings for the Sala delle Origini di Roma, Faenza

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1803

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Head of Tutankhamun

Head of Tutankhamun

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1328–1318 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Study of Kneeling Nude Figure, by Louis Schaettle, American, 1867–1917

Study of Kneeling Nude Figure

Louis Schaettle, American, 1867–1917 · ca. 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Nude Youth Running (recto); Standing Draped Old Man with Left Hand Upraised (verso), by Pietro Testa

Nude Youth Running (recto); Standing Draped Old Man with Left Hand Upraised (verso)

Pietro Testa · 1612–50

Public domainThe Met
Kneeling winged monster

Kneeling winged monster

Artist not stated in the record · 550-577

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Presentation Scene with Saint Peter Martyr and Three Donors, by Giovanni di Balduccio

Presentation Scene with Saint Peter Martyr and Three Donors

Giovanni di Balduccio · ca. 1340

Public domainThe Met
A Kneeling Bishop, by Belisario Corenzio, Italian, active 1590–1646

A Kneeling Bishop

Belisario Corenzio, Italian, active 1590–1646

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated youth with a lamp in the form of a snail shell, by Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Seated youth with a lamp in the form of a snail shell

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio · possibly late 16th–early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Kneeling Figures, by Giuseppe Passeri, Italian, 1654 - 1714

Kneeling Figures

Giuseppe Passeri, Italian, 1654 - 1714 · 1775–1800

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. 61 matched · 24 examined · 4 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. 2142 matched · 40 examined · 3 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 2026-08-26 20:21 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.