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 “Ludovico Carracci” — 64 records examined, 6 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 03:14 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.
The Lamentation, by Ludovico Carracci

The Lamentation

Ludovico Carracci · ca. 1582

Public domainThe Met
Self-Portrait of A. N. Carracci, by John Chamberlaine, English, 1745 - 1812

Self-Portrait of A. N. Carracci

John Chamberlaine, English, 1745 - 1812 · 1796

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with Saints, by Ludovico Carracci

Madonna and Child with Saints

Ludovico Carracci · 1607

Public domainThe Met
Adoration of the Magi study after Lodovico Carracci, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Adoration of the Magi study after Lodovico Carracci

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1800–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Denial of Saint Peter, by Ludovico Carracci

The Denial of Saint Peter

Ludovico Carracci · ca. 1616

Public domainThe Met
The Facade of Modena Cath, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

The Facade of Modena Cath

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Conversion of Saint Paul, by Ludovico Carracci

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Ludovico Carracci · ca. 1587–89

Public domainThe Met
Madonna and Child, Study after Lodovico Carracci, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Madonna and Child, Study after Lodovico Carracci

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1815

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, by Ludovico Carracci

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome

Ludovico Carracci · 1555–1619

Public domainThe Met
Four Herms, Studies after the Carracci, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Four Herms, Studies after the Carracci

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1821–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two Children Teasing a Cat, by Annibale Carracci

Two Children Teasing a Cat

Annibale Carracci

Public domainThe Met
Blinded Soldier, Detail from the Conversion of St. Paul, Study after Agostino Carracci, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Blinded Soldier, Detail from the Conversion of St. Paul, Study after Agostino Carracci

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1821–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Coronation of the Virgin, by Annibale Carracci

The Coronation of the Virgin

Annibale Carracci · after 1595

Public domainThe Met
St. Anthony and the Hermits, Study after Lodovico Carracci, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

St. Anthony and the Hermits, Study after Lodovico Carracci

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · ca. 1809–18

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Samson Captured by the Philistines, by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Samson Captured by the Philistines

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) · 1619

Public domainThe Met
The Apostles Carrying the Body of the Virgin to the Tomb, Study after Lodovico Carracci, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

The Apostles Carrying the Body of the Virgin to the Tomb, Study after Lodovico Carracci

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1813–18

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Title page to IL FUNERALE D'AGOSTIN CARRACCIO FATTO IN BOLOGNA SUA PATRIA DAGL'INCAMINATI Academici del Disegno; title inside a cartouche with a globe and stars at top and a grotesque mask at bottom, by Francesco Brizio

Title page to IL FUNERALE D'AGOSTIN CARRACCIO FATTO IN BOLOGNA SUA PATRIA DAGL'INCAMINATI Academici del Disegno; title inside a cartouche with a globe and stars at top and a grotesque mask at bottom

Francesco Brizio · 1603

Public domainThe Met
Acanthus motif with two birds

Acanthus motif with two birds

Artist not stated in the record · 1589–1614

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Return from Egypt, by Francesco Brizio

The Return from Egypt

Francesco Brizio · 1595–1623

Public domainThe Met
Glauco and Scylla, study after Agostino Carracci, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Glauco and Scylla, study after Agostino Carracci

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1821–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Return from Egypt, by Francesco Brizio

The Return from Egypt

Francesco Brizio · 1595–1623

Public domainThe Met
The Crucifixion, Study after Ludovica Carracci, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

The Crucifixion, Study after Ludovica Carracci

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1821–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Benedict exorcising a demon, by Simone Cantarini

Saint Benedict exorcising a demon

Simone Cantarini · ca. 1637–39

Public domainThe Met
Four Putti Making Music, Study after Lodovico Carracci; Christ, Study after Massari, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Four Putti Making Music, Study after Lodovico Carracci; Christ, Study after Massari

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1821–22

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. 41 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. 59 matched · 40 examined · 6 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 03:14 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.