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 “Master of Santa Maria la Bianca” — 64 records examined, 17 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 14:54 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.
Seated Figure (Prophet or Apostle), by Master of Santa Maria la Bianca

Seated Figure (Prophet or Apostle)

Master of Santa Maria la Bianca · ca. 1200

Public domainThe Met
Casimiroa edulis La Llave

Casimiroa edulis La Llave

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Jan 1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion, by Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro)

The Crucifixion

Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro) · ca. 1420–23

Public domainThe Met
Aechmea mariae-reginae H. Wendl.

Aechmea mariae-reginae H. Wendl.

Artist not stated in the record · 5 Mar 1974

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), by Paul Gauguin

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)

Paul Gauguin · 1891

Public domainThe Met
Aechmea mariae-reginae H. Wendl.

Aechmea mariae-reginae H. Wendl.

Artist not stated in the record · 5 Mar 1974

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Queen Henrietta Maria, by Anthony van Dyck

Queen Henrietta Maria

Anthony van Dyck · 1636

Public domainThe Met
Amauropelta pilosula (Klotzsch & H. Karst.) Á. Löve & D. Löve

Amauropelta pilosula (Klotzsch & H. Karst.) Á. Löve & D. Löve

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Jan 1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, Venice, by Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)

Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, Venice

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) · 1730s

Public domainThe Met
Wigandia kunthii Choisy

Wigandia kunthii Choisy

Artist not stated in the record · 19 Jan 1946

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Santa Maria della Salute, by Francesco Guardi

Santa Maria della Salute

Francesco Guardi · mid- to late 1760s

Public domainThe Met
Combretum laxum Jacq.

Combretum laxum Jacq.

Artist not stated in the record · 14 Aug 1987

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
Microgramma percussa (Cav.) de la Sota

Microgramma percussa (Cav.) de la Sota

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Feb 1950 to 3 Feb 1950

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Margaret of Austria, by Jean Hey (called Master of Moulins)

Margaret of Austria

Jean Hey (called Master of Moulins) · ca. 1490

Public domainThe Met
Condea albida (Kunth) Harley & J.F.B. Pastore

Condea albida (Kunth) Harley & J.F.B. Pastore

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Apr 1994

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de' Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas, by Master G.Z. (possibly Michele dai Carri, Italian, Ferrara, active by 1405–died 1441 Ferrara)

Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de' Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas

Master G.Z. (possibly Michele dai Carri, Italian, Ferrara, active by 1405–died 1441 Ferrara) · ca. 1420–30

Public domainThe Met
Acacia pennatula (Schltr. & Cham.) Benth.

Acacia pennatula (Schltr. & Cham.) Benth.

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Apr 1994

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Conquest of Naples by Charles of Durazzo, by Master of Charles of Durazzo

The Conquest of Naples by Charles of Durazzo

Master of Charles of Durazzo · 1381–82

Public domainThe Met
Acacia pennatula (Schltr. & Cham.) Benth.

Acacia pennatula (Schltr. & Cham.) Benth.

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Apr 1994

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456), by Hans Memling

Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456)

Hans Memling · ca. 1470

Public domainThe Met
Stenostephanus haematodes (Schltdl.) T.F. Daniel

Stenostephanus haematodes (Schltdl.) T.F. Daniel

Artist not stated in the record · 13 Oct 2001

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion, by Master of the Codex of Saint George

The Crucifixion

Master of the Codex of Saint George · ca. 1330–35

Public domainThe Met
Stenostephanus haematodes (Schltdl.) T.F. Daniel

Stenostephanus haematodes (Schltdl.) T.F. Daniel

Artist not stated in the record · 1 Apr 2001

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. 783 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 3204833 matched · 40 examined · 15 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 2026-08-28 14:54 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.