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 the Biberach Holy Kinship” — 64 records examined, 19 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-31 16:11 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.
Saint Roch and the Angel, by Master of the Biberach Holy Kinship

Saint Roch and the Angel

Master of the Biberach Holy Kinship · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
Flier advertising S.S. Jones farewell meeting, by Unidentified

Flier advertising S.S. Jones farewell meeting

Unidentified · ca. 1924

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
Campanula cervicaria L.

Campanula cervicaria L.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Aug 1880

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
Chara vulgaris L.

Chara vulgaris L.

Artist not stated in the record · 20 Aug 1980

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Holy Woman, by Master of Rimini

Holy Woman

Master of Rimini · ca. 1430

Public domainThe Met
Nitella opaca

Nitella opaca

Artist not stated in the record · 16 Aug 1982

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
The Mughal Prince Parvez and a Holy Man

The Mughal Prince Parvez and a Holy Man

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1610

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido, by Biduinus

Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido

Biduinus · ca. 1175

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Holy Water Spout

Design for a Holy Water Spout

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

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
Holy Family, by Samuel Ireland, English, ca. 1744–1800

Holy Family

Samuel Ireland, English, ca. 1744–1800 · 1794

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Shepherds, by Andrea Mantegna

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Andrea Mantegna · shortly after 1450

Public domainThe Met
The Descent of the Holy Spirit (The Pentecost), from The Little Passion Series

The Descent of the Holy Spirit (The Pentecost), from The Little Passion Series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1509–1511

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mary Magdalene at the Foot of the Cross, by Master of Rimini

Mary Magdalene at the Foot of the Cross

Master of Rimini · ca. 1420–30

Public domainThe Met
Project for a Holy Water Font

Project for a Holy Water Font

Artist not stated in the record · 1790–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist, by Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)

The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) · ca. 1528

Public domainThe Met
The Holy Family with Butterfly

The Holy Family with Butterfly

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1495

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Holy Family, by Niclaus Weckmann

Holy Family

Niclaus Weckmann · ca. 1500

Public domainThe Met
The Holy Family, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–1664

The Holy Family

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–1664 · 1620–30

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross, by Hans Schäufelein

The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross

Hans Schäufelein · ca. 1510

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Holy Water Stoup, by Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739

Design for a Holy Water Stoup

Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739 · ca.1740

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. 562 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. 2984381 matched · 40 examined · 19 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 2026-08-31 16:11 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.