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 “Nicola di Maestro Antonio d'Ancona” — 63 records examined, 17 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 13:28 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.
Madonna and Child Enthroned, by Nicola di Maestro Antonio d'Ancona

Madonna and Child Enthroned

Nicola di Maestro Antonio d'Ancona · possibly ca. 1487

Public domainThe Met
Nicolas Charles Oudinot, by Henry Wolf, born Eckwersheim, Alsace 1852-died New York City 1916

Nicolas Charles Oudinot

Henry Wolf, born Eckwersheim, Alsace 1852-died New York City 1916 · 1896

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scenes from the Life of King Nebuchadnezzar, by Nicola di Maestro Antonio d'Ancona

Scenes from the Life of King Nebuchadnezzar

Nicola di Maestro Antonio d'Ancona

Public domainThe Met
Funaria hygrometrica Hedw.

Funaria hygrometrica Hedw.

Artist not stated in the record · 27 Dec 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child, by Duccio di Buoninsegna

Madonna and Child

Duccio di Buoninsegna · ca. 1290–1300

Public domainThe Met
Trichostomopsis umbrosa (Müll. Hal.) H. Rob.

Trichostomopsis umbrosa (Müll. Hal.) H. Rob.

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Nov 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness, by Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio)

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness

Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio) · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
Aloina hamulus (Müll. Hal.) Broth.

Aloina hamulus (Müll. Hal.) Broth.

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Jun 1910

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
Bryum chryseum Mitt.

Bryum chryseum Mitt.

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Nov 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Birth of the Virgin, by Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini)

The Birth of the Virgin

Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini) · 1467

Public domainThe Met
Husnotiella revoluta Card.-McTeag.

Husnotiella revoluta Card.-McTeag.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 25/10/11

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with Angels, by Pietro di Domenico da Montepulciano

Madonna and Child with Angels

Pietro di Domenico da Montepulciano · 1420

Public domainThe Met
Pseudosymblepharis circinata Broth.

Pseudosymblepharis circinata Broth.

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Nov 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned, by Carlo Crivelli

Madonna and Child Enthroned

Carlo Crivelli · 1472

Public domainThe Met
Pseudosymblepharis circinata Broth.

Pseudosymblepharis circinata Broth.

Artist not stated in the record · 27 Nov 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Francis, by Federico Barocci

Saint Francis

Federico Barocci · ca. 1600–1604

Public domainThe Met
Barbula bescherellei

Barbula bescherellei

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 27/11/10

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Nativity, by Antoniazzo Romano (Antonio di Benedetto Aquilio)

The Nativity

Antoniazzo Romano (Antonio di Benedetto Aquilio) · 1480s

Public domainThe Met
Braunia secunda (Hook.) Bruch & Schimp.

Braunia secunda (Hook.) Bruch & Schimp.

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Dec 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with Angels, by Gentile da Fabriano (Gentile di Niccolò di Giovanni di Massio)

Madonna and Child with Angels

Gentile da Fabriano (Gentile di Niccolò di Giovanni di Massio)

Public domainThe Met
Husnotiella revoluta Card.-McTeag.

Husnotiella revoluta Card.-McTeag.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 27/11/10

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels, by Francesco Botticini (Francesco di Giovanni)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels

Francesco Botticini (Francesco di Giovanni) · 1493–95

Public domainThe Met
Barbula spiralis

Barbula spiralis

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Sep 1910

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. 23 matched · 23 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. 59683 matched · 40 examined · 17 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 2026-09-03 13:28 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.