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 Mansi Magdalen” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 10:40 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 and Child, by Master of the Mansi Magdalen

Virgin and Child

Master of the Mansi Magdalen

Public domainThe Met
Christ Appearing to Mary, by Albert Pinkham Ryder, born New Bedford, MA 1847-died New York City 1917

Christ Appearing to Mary

Albert Pinkham Ryder, born New Bedford, MA 1847-died New York City 1917 · ca. 1885

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned, by Master of the Magdalen

Madonna and Child Enthroned

Master of the Magdalen

Public domainThe Met
Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.

Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Jul 1927

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
View of the Dining Hall in Magdalen College, Oxford, by Joseph Nash The Elder, British, 1808 - 1878

View of the Dining Hall in Magdalen College, Oxford

Joseph Nash The Elder, British, 1808 - 1878 · 1856

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
Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen, by Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, ca. 1494–1533

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen

Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, ca. 1494–1533 · 1519

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saints John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene, by Italian, Neapolitan Follower of Giotto

Saints John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene

Italian, Neapolitan Follower of Giotto · ca. 1335–45

Public domainThe Met
Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartm.

Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartm.

Artist not stated in the record · 27 Jun 1926

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cup with scenes from the New Testament (one of a pair), by Franz Fischer

Cup with scenes from the New Testament (one of a pair)

Franz Fischer · early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Eriophorum vaginatum L.

Eriophorum vaginatum L.

Artist not stated in the record · 5 Jul 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion, by Master of the Berswordt Altar

The Crucifixion

Master of the Berswordt Altar · ca. 1400

Public domainThe Met
Lycopodiella inundata (L.) Holub

Lycopodiella inundata (L.) Holub

Artist not stated in the record · 1889

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Retable with Scenes from the Life of Saint Andrew, by Master of Roussillon

Retable with Scenes from the Life of Saint Andrew

Master of Roussillon · ca. 1420–30

Public domainThe Met
Gnaphalium supinum L.

Gnaphalium supinum L.

Artist not stated in the record · 21 Aug 1927

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Mary Magdalen, by Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo)

Saint Mary Magdalen

Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo) · 1350s

Public domainThe Met
Martha and Magdalen Ascending the Steps of the Temple

Martha and Magdalen Ascending the Steps of the Temple

Artist not stated in the record · 1550–1570

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saints and Scenes from the Life of the Virgin, by Master of Monte Oliveto

Saints and Scenes from the Life of the Virgin

Master of Monte Oliveto · ca. 1320

Public domainThe Met
The Ascension of Mary Magdalene

The Ascension of Mary Magdalene

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550

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

The Lamentation

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

Public domainThe Met
Elevation of Saint Mary Magdalen, by Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

Elevation of Saint Mary Magdalen

Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528 · ca. 1500

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with a Donor Presented by Saint Jerome, by Master of the Munich Bavarian Panels

Virgin and Child with a Donor Presented by Saint Jerome

Master of the Munich Bavarian Panels · ca. 1450

Public domainThe Met
Wedding portrait of Benjamin Boozé and Magdalene Hendricks Boozé

Wedding portrait of Benjamin Boozé and Magdalene Hendricks Boozé

Artist not stated in the record · April 19, 1924

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. 126 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. 2984051 matched · 40 examined · 5 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 2026-08-27 10:40 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.