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 “Martin Johann Schmidt” — 64 records examined, 16 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 02:06 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 Rearing of Satyrs' Children, by Martin Johann Schmidt

The Rearing of Satyrs' Children

Martin Johann Schmidt · 1771

Public domainThe Met
The Dying Savior

The Dying Savior

Artist not stated in the record · 1764

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
St. James the Greater Preaching, by Martin Johann Schmidt

St. James the Greater Preaching

Martin Johann Schmidt · ca. 1764

Public domainThe Met
Enteropogon rupestris (J.A. Schmidt) A. Chev.

Enteropogon rupestris (J.A. Schmidt) A. Chev.

Artist not stated in the record · 1851

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara, by Martin Johann Schmidt

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Martin Johann Schmidt · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Ocotea tessmannii O.C. Schmidt

Ocotea tessmannii O.C. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record · Dec 1929

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Anthony and the Christ Child Surrounded by Cherubs, by Martin Johann Schmidt

Saint Anthony and the Christ Child Surrounded by Cherubs

Martin Johann Schmidt · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Richelia intracellularis Johs. Schmidt in Ostenf. & Johs. Schmidt

Richelia intracellularis Johs. Schmidt in Ostenf. & Johs. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record · 21 Mar 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
An Oriental Astronomer in His Study, by Martin Johann Schmidt

An Oriental Astronomer in His Study

Martin Johann Schmidt · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Pelagothrix clevei Johs. Schmidt in Ostenf. & Johs. Schmidt

Pelagothrix clevei Johs. Schmidt in Ostenf. & Johs. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record · 21 Mar 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Three Men in a Landscape near Sculptures, by Martin Johann Schmidt

Three Men in a Landscape near Sculptures

Martin Johann Schmidt · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Rhabdonia schmidtii Reinbold in Johs. Schmidt

Rhabdonia schmidtii Reinbold in Johs. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jagdhorn in G, by Jacob Schmidt

Jagdhorn in G

Jacob Schmidt · ca. 1710–20

Public domainThe Met
George Washington, by Johann Gottlieb Schmidt, 1742 - 1800

George Washington

Johann Gottlieb Schmidt, 1742 - 1800 · c. 1775-80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), by Anton Raphael Mengs

Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768)

Anton Raphael Mengs · ca. 1777

Public domainThe Met
Brachytrichia maculans Gomont in Johs. Schmidt

Brachytrichia maculans Gomont in Johs. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Guitar, by Christian Frederick Martin

Guitar

Christian Frederick Martin · ca. 1838

Public domainThe Met
Ocotea munaceansis O.C. Schmidt

Ocotea munaceansis O.C. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record · 1909 to 1914

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Presumed portrait of Angelo Soliman (1721–1796), by Johann Martin Bückle

Presumed portrait of Angelo Soliman (1721–1796)

Johann Martin Bückle · 1777

Public domainThe Met
Myosotis alpestris F.W. Schmidt

Myosotis alpestris F.W. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: /5/84 to /6/84

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ewer and stand (présentoir), by Martin Gizl

Ewer and stand (présentoir)

Martin Gizl · 1758

Public domainThe Met
Bidens pilosa var. radiata (Sch. Bip.) J.A. Schmidt

Bidens pilosa var. radiata (Sch. Bip.) J.A. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record · Feb 1936

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Candlestick (one of a pair), by Johann Martin Satzger I

Candlestick (one of a pair)

Johann Martin Satzger I · 1753–55

Public domainThe Met
Bidens pilosa var. radiata (Sch. Bip.) J.A. Schmidt

Bidens pilosa var. radiata (Sch. Bip.) J.A. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record · Jan 1930 to Feb 1930

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. 325 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. 47963 matched · 40 examined · 16 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 2026-09-01 02:06 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.