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 “Peter (frequently identified as “Gordon”)” — 64 records examined, 28 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 08:06 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 Tears of Saint Peter, by Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto)

The Tears of Saint Peter

Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) · ca. 1612–13

Public domainThe Met
Peter (frequently identified as “Gordon”)

Peter (frequently identified as “Gordon”)

Artist not stated in the record · 1863

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Peter and Simon Magus, by Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro)

Saint Peter and Simon Magus

Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro)

Public domainThe Met
Peter, by Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894

Peter

Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 · 1863

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Deerhound, by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

A Deerhound

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer · 1826

Public domainThe Met
Gordon under Medical Inspection

Gordon under Medical Inspection

Artist not stated in the record · 1863; printed later

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Hunting Scene, by Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio)

A Hunting Scene

Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) · ca. 1494–1500

Public domainThe Met
Byron's First Love, by Sarony & Major

Byron's First Love

Sarony & Major · 1846

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
Fly-Fishing for Black Bass, by Bradlee Whidden

Fly-Fishing for Black Bass

Bradlee Whidden · 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Jabach Family, by Charles Le Brun

The Jabach Family

Charles Le Brun · ca. 1660

Public domainThe Met
Pterocarpus acapulcensis Rose

Pterocarpus acapulcensis Rose

Artist not stated in the record · 13 Dec 1955

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Young Lady in 1866, by Edouard Manet

Young Lady in 1866

Edouard Manet · 1866

Public domainThe Met
The Camp Meeting, by Robinson, Henry R.

The Camp Meeting

Robinson, Henry R. · 1837

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with Saints, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

Madonna and Child with Saints

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) · 1454

Public domainThe Met
Mallard Shooting, by Bradlee Whidden

Mallard Shooting

Bradlee Whidden · 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saints John the Baptist and an Evangelist (Matthew?), by Bicci di Lorenzo

Saints John the Baptist and an Evangelist (Matthew?)

Bicci di Lorenzo · 1433–35

Public domainThe Met
The Man - Monster, by Robinson, Henry R.

The Man - Monster

Robinson, Henry R. · 1836

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, by Edgar Degas

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

Edgar Degas · ca. 1874

Public domainThe Met
Residence of A. Gordon/Gordon's Chute/Ranch of A. Gordon, by Grafton Tyler Brown, born Harrisburg, PA 1841-died St. Peter, MN 1918

Residence of A. Gordon/Gordon's Chute/Ranch of A. Gordon

Grafton Tyler Brown, born Harrisburg, PA 1841-died St. Peter, MN 1918 · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Return from the Hunt, by Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio)

The Return from the Hunt

Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) · ca. 1494–1500

Public domainThe Met
Kate Claxton, by Armstrong and Company

Kate Claxton

Armstrong and Company · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

Public domainThe Met
Lord Byron, by Pendleton's Lithography

Lord Byron

Pendleton's Lithography · ca 1830

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. 163 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 7441394 matched · 40 examined · 26 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 08:06 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.