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 Virgin among Virgins” — 64 records examined, 13 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 07:51 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 Lamentation, by Master of the Virgin among Virgins

The Lamentation

Master of the Virgin among Virgins

Public domainThe Met
Coronation of the Virgin, by Master of the Die, Italian or German, 1530 - 1560

Coronation of the Virgin

Master of the Die, Italian or German, 1530 - 1560 · 1530–1560

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin

Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
La Virgen del pilar, by José Campeche y Jordán, born San Juan, Puerto Rico 1751-died San Juan, Puerto Rico 1809

La Virgen del pilar

José Campeche y Jordán, born San Juan, Puerto Rico 1751-died San Juan, Puerto Rico 1809 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, by Hendrick ter Brugghen

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen · ca. 1624–25

Public domainThe Met
Cyperus squarrosus L.

Cyperus squarrosus L.

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Oct 1989

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin, by Joan Avesta

Virgin

Joan Avesta · ca. 1370–90

Public domainThe Met
Amoreuxia wrightii A. Gray

Amoreuxia wrightii A. Gray

Artist not stated in the record · 1 Oct 1957

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque from a Reliquary, by Master of the Virgin Mary's Reliquary Casket

Plaque from a Reliquary

Master of the Virgin Mary's Reliquary Casket · early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Cautivo de la Virgen de la Merced, by Master of "La Merced", active 18th century

Cautivo de la Virgen de la Merced

Master of "La Merced", active 18th century · early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Enamel from a Reliquary, by Master of the Virgin Mary's Reliquary Casket

Enamel from a Reliquary

Master of the Virgin Mary's Reliquary Casket · early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen

Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Oct 1919

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
Lasiacis divaricata (L.) Hitchc.

Lasiacis divaricata (L.) Hitchc.

Artist not stated in the record · 11 Oct 1919

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virginal

Virginal

Artist not stated in the record · 1540

Public domainThe Met
Campyloneurum phyllitidis (L.) C. Presl

Campyloneurum phyllitidis (L.) C. Presl

Artist not stated in the record · 21 May 1876

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque from a Reliquary, by Master of the Virgin Mary's Reliquary Casket

Plaque from a Reliquary

Master of the Virgin Mary's Reliquary Casket · early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Myriopteris microphylla (Sw.) Grusz & Windham

Myriopteris microphylla (Sw.) Grusz & Windham

Artist not stated in the record · 5 Jan 1919

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque from a Reliquary, by Master of the Virgin Mary's Reliquary Casket

Plaque from a Reliquary

Master of the Virgin Mary's Reliquary Casket · early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Sporobolus jacquemontii Kunth

Sporobolus jacquemontii Kunth

Artist not stated in the record · 28 May 1993

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
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K. Simon & S.W.L. Jacobs

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K. Simon & S.W.L. Jacobs

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Oct 1919

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Virgin and Child, by Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden

Standing Virgin and Child

Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden · ca. 1470

Public domainThe Met
Birth of the Virgin

Birth of the Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · 1650–75

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. 4178 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. 2997047 matched · 40 examined · 13 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 07:51 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.