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 “Marten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603” — 37 records examined, 0 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 23:25 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 Routing of Focker and the German Troops from Antwerp, by Maerten de Vos

The Routing of Focker and the German Troops from Antwerp

Maerten de Vos · ca. 1580

Public domainThe Met
The Crucifixion, by Marten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603

The Crucifixion

Marten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603 · ca. 1590

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Michael the Archangel, by Ignacio de Ries

Saint Michael the Archangel

Ignacio de Ries · 1640s

Public domainThe Met
Noah's Ark, by Jan Sadeler, the Elder, ca. 1550 – 1600

Noah's Ark

Jan Sadeler, the Elder, ca. 1550 – 1600 · 1657

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Holofernes before Nebuchadnezzar (Judith 2:4-13), by Maerten de Vos

Holofernes before Nebuchadnezzar (Judith 2:4-13)

Maerten de Vos · 1587

Public domainThe Met
Discord: The Good and the Bad Household, by Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637

Discord: The Good and the Bad Household

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637 · 1589

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Captain de Bours handing over the Keys to the Citadel of Antwerp to the Estates General, by Maerten de Vos

Captain de Bours handing over the Keys to the Citadel of Antwerp to the Estates General

Maerten de Vos · mid-16th–early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
St. Cecilia

St. Cecilia

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1580

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ecce Homo, by Maerten de Vos

Ecce Homo

Maerten de Vos · 1584

Public domainThe Met
Figure of Europe

Figure of Europe

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jonah Cast on Shore by the Fish, from "The Story of Jonah", by Maerten de Vos

Jonah Cast on Shore by the Fish, from "The Story of Jonah"

Maerten de Vos · ca. 1585

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Frontispiece, Allegory of America, by Marten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603

Design for a Frontispiece, Allegory of America

Marten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603 · ca. 1590

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara, by Hans Memling

Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara

Hans Memling · early 1480s

Public domainThe Met
Figure of America

Figure of America

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Alms-giving, from "Christian Virtues", by Raphael Sadeler I

Alms-giving, from "Christian Virtues"

Raphael Sadeler I · 1589

Public domainThe Met
Figure of Africa

Figure of Africa

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fiducia, from "Virtues Conquering Vices", by Johann Sadeler I

Fiducia, from "Virtues Conquering Vices"

Johann Sadeler I · 1579

Public domainThe Met
The king has his servants invite guests to the wedding party, from the series 'Parable of the Wedding Feast', by Johan Wierix, Flemish, 1549 - 1618

The king has his servants invite guests to the wedding party, from the series 'Parable of the Wedding Feast'

Johan Wierix, Flemish, 1549 - 1618 · late 16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with Pomona, by Bernard Palissy

Dish with Pomona

Bernard Palissy · late 16th or early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Box and game pieces, by Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595

Box and game pieces

Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595 · late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Grammatica, from "The Seven Liberal Arts", by Johann Sadeler I

Grammatica, from "The Seven Liberal Arts"

Johann Sadeler I · ca. 1570–1600

Public domainThe Met
Box and game pieces, by Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595

Box and game pieces

Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595 · late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Arithmetica, from "The Seven Liberal Arts", by Johann Sadeler I

Arithmetica, from "The Seven Liberal Arts"

Johann Sadeler I · ca. 1570–1600

Public domainThe Met
Figure of Asia

Figure of Asia

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th–early 18th century

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. 37 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. 13 matched · 13 examined · 0 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 23:25 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.