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 “Netherlandish” — 64 records examined, 0 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 00:53 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.
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family, by Master of the Dinteville Allegory

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family

Master of the Dinteville Allegory · 1537

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Frans Snyders, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Portrait of Frans Snyders, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1638

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mourning Woman

Mourning Woman

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1480

Public domainThe Met
Hercules and Dejanira, from a series of the Loves of the Gods

Hercules and Dejanira, from a series of the Loves of the Gods

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1597

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with the Baptism of Jesus

Plaque with the Baptism of Jesus

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1150–75

Public domainThe Met
The Destruction of Bel and his Temple, by Martin Van Heemskerk, Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

The Destruction of Bel and his Temple

Martin Van Heemskerk, Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574 · 1556

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Parable of the Beam and the Mote, by Netherlandish

The Parable of the Beam and the Mote

Netherlandish · ca. 1520–30

Public domainThe Met
Judith, from the series "Heroes of the Old Testament", by Jacob Matham, Netherlandish, 1571–1631

Judith, from the series "Heroes of the Old Testament"

Jacob Matham, Netherlandish, 1571–1631 · ca. 1590

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sorgheloos ("Carefree") in Poverty

Sorgheloos ("Carefree") in Poverty

Artist not stated in the record · 1510–20

Public domainThe Met
Self-Portrait of Anthony van Dyck, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Self-Portrait of Anthony van Dyck, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Artist not stated in the record · 1633–1641

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Crib of the Infant Jesus

Crib of the Infant Jesus

Artist not stated in the record · 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Debora

Debora

Artist not stated in the record · 1588

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Lamentation, by Netherlandish

The Lamentation

Netherlandish · ca. 1550

Public domainThe Met
Male Portrait

Male Portrait

Artist not stated in the record · 1700-1783

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), by Robert Campin

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Robert Campin · ca. 1427–32

Public domainThe Met
Imago Equestris Francisco de Moncada, by Stephanus Tofanelli

Imago Equestris Francisco de Moncada

Stephanus Tofanelli · 1758-1833

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Half of a Prayer Bead with the Crucifixion

Half of a Prayer Bead with the Crucifixion

Artist not stated in the record · early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Cottage Interior

Cottage Interior

Artist not stated in the record · 1849

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature Altarpiece with the Crucifixion

Miniature Altarpiece with the Crucifixion

Artist not stated in the record · early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Gellius de Bouma

Portrait of Gellius de Bouma

Artist not stated in the record · 1629-1658

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate with Pelican in her Piety

Plate with Pelican in her Piety

Artist not stated in the record · 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Theodoor Rombouts

Portrait of Theodoor Rombouts

Artist not stated in the record · 1630

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate with Wife Beating Husband

Plate with Wife Beating Husband

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1480

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Gerard Seghers, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Portrait of Gerard Seghers, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Artist not stated in the record · 1630

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. 3848 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. 103 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 00:53 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.