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 “Manuscript Leaf with Dedication of a Book to the Virgin” — 64 records examined, 7 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 16:15 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.
Virgin

Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
Dedication page, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths), by Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663

Dedication page, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663 · after 1662

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Manuscript Leaf with Dedication of a Book to the Virgin

Manuscript Leaf with Dedication of a Book to the Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1400

Public domainThe Met
An oratory dedicated to the Virgin

An oratory dedicated to the Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, by The Limbourg Brothers

The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry

The Limbourg Brothers · 1405–1408/1409

Public domainThe Met
Altar Dedicated to a Virgin Martyr [St. Lucy?], by Unknown, Italian

Altar Dedicated to a Virgin Martyr [St. Lucy?]

Unknown, Italian · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with the Virgin Mary as a Personification of the Church

Plaque with the Virgin Mary as a Personification of the Church

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 800–825

Public domainThe Met
Dedication Page, by Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771

Dedication Page

Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771 · 1767–68

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Death of the Virgin (The Dormition), by Tilman Heysacker

The Death of the Virgin (The Dormition)

Tilman Heysacker · late 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Dedication page, by Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663

Dedication page

Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663 · 1662

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Virgin and Child in Majesty and the Adoration of the Magi, by Master of Pedret

The Virgin and Child in Majesty and the Adoration of the Magi

Master of Pedret · ca. 1100

Public domainThe Met
The Freedmen's Book

The Freedmen's Book

Artist not stated in the record · 1866

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virginal

Virginal

Artist not stated in the record · 1540

Public domainThe Met
A Christian subject: The Madonna and Child, by Probably by Farrukh Beg (active early 1580s–1619)

A Christian subject: The Madonna and Child

Probably by Farrukh Beg (active early 1580s–1619) · ca. 1605-1610

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

"The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1525

Public domainThe Met
Virgin, with Putto Holding a Book

Virgin, with Putto Holding a Book

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1765–1785

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin, by Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni)

The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin

Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) · before 1402

Public domainThe Met
Landscape with a figure of the Virgin Mary

Landscape with a figure of the Virgin Mary

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Lamb at the Foot of the Cross, Flanked by Two Angels; The Calling of Saint John with the Enthroned Christ flanked by Angels and a Man Holding a Book

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Lamb at the Foot of the Cross, Flanked by Two Angels; The Calling of Saint John with the Enthroned Christ flanked by Angels and a Man Holding a Book

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1180

Public domainThe Met
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)

Artist not stated in the record · 1885

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Claus de Werve

Virgin and Child

Claus de Werve · ca. 1415–19

Public domainThe Met
Dedication Page, by Carlo Maria Pozzi

Dedication Page

Carlo Maria Pozzi · 1708

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Assumption of the Virgin, by Bernardo Daddi

The Assumption of the Virgin

Bernardo Daddi · 1337–38

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Jean Lemoyne, French, 1638 – 1715

Title Page

Jean Lemoyne, French, 1638 – 1715 · 1700–15

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. 2354 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. 4219420 matched · 40 examined · 7 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 2026-09-03 16:15 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.