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 “Mourning Virgin from a Crucifixion Group” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 21:48 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.
Mourning Virgin from a Crucifixion Group

Mourning Virgin from a Crucifixion Group

Artist not stated in the record · 1450–75

Public domainThe Met
Descent from the Cross, by Stefano Di Vanni, Italian, born 1405-died 1483

Descent from the Cross

Stefano Di Vanni, Italian, born 1405-died 1483 · 14th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin

Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Painting: The Entombment of Christ

Design for a Painting: The Entombment of Christ

Artist not stated in the record · 1700-1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mourning Virgin from a Crucifixion Group, by Benedetto da Maiano

Mourning Virgin from a Crucifixion Group

Benedetto da Maiano · 15th century (?)

Public domainThe Met
Elevation of a Sepulchral Monument, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Elevation of a Sepulchral Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1820–1835

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mourning Virgin from a Crucifixion Group

Mourning Virgin from a Crucifixion Group

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Mourning Over the Dead Christ, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

Mourning Over the Dead Christ

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1820-1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Mourning Virgin, by Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory

The Mourning Virgin

Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1744

Public domainThe Met
Calvario, by Caban group, active second quarter of 19th century-first half of 20th century

Calvario

Caban group, active second quarter of 19th century-first half of 20th century · ca. 1875-1900

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
Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John, by Unidentified

Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John

Unidentified · 1400-1500

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
Study for Mary, Return from the Crucifixion, by Henry Ossawa Tanner, born Pittsburgh, PA 1859-died Paris, France 1937

Study for Mary, Return from the Crucifixion

Henry Ossawa Tanner, born Pittsburgh, PA 1859-died Paris, France 1937 · 1933

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion, by Pietro Lorenzetti

The Crucifixion

Pietro Lorenzetti · 1340s

Public domainThe Met
Icon, by Ethiopian Orthodox

Icon

Ethiopian Orthodox · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Mourning Virgin

The Mourning Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
The Crucifixion, by Marten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603

The Crucifixion

Marten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603 · ca. 1590

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
Figures Mourning Over the Dead Christ, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

Figures Mourning Over the Dead Christ

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1820-1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Crucifixion

Crucifixion

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th–early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Icon, by Ethiopian Orthodox

Icon

Ethiopian Orthodox · Late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor, by Joos van Cleve

The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor

Joos van Cleve · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
Elevation of an Altar, by Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650

Elevation of an Altar

Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650 · ca. 1640–50

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. 670 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. 2048374 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 2026-08-28 21:48 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.