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 Schmidt von Lichtenberg” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 05:07 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.
Allegory of Art, by Peter Schmidt von Lichtenberg

Allegory of Art

Peter Schmidt von Lichtenberg · 1609

Public domainThe Met
Minthostachys mollis var. hybrida Schmidt-Leb.

Minthostachys mollis var. hybrida Schmidt-Leb.

Artist not stated in the record · 1903 to 1934

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Peter, by Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo)

Saint Peter

Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo) · 1350s

Public domainThe Met
U.S. Patent Office, by A. A. Von Schmidt, active late 19th century

U.S. Patent Office

A. A. Von Schmidt, active late 19th century · n.d.a.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Benedikt von Hertenstein (born about 1495, died 1522), by Hans Holbein the Younger

Benedikt von Hertenstein (born about 1495, died 1522)

Hans Holbein the Younger · 1517

Public domainThe Met
Gagea pusilla (F.W. Schmidt) Sweet

Gagea pusilla (F.W. Schmidt) Sweet

Artist not stated in the record · 1848

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Last Judgment; The Virgin and Child with a Bishop-Saint and Saint Peter Martyr; The Crucifixion; The Glorification of Saint Thomas Aquinas; The Nativity, by Master of the Dominican Effigies

The Last Judgment; The Virgin and Child with a Bishop-Saint and Saint Peter Martyr; The Crucifixion; The Glorification of Saint Thomas Aquinas; The Nativity

Master of the Dominican Effigies · ca. 1325

Public domainThe Met
Myosotis alpestris F.W. Schmidt

Myosotis alpestris F.W. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: /5/84 to /6/84

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ceremonial digging stick, by Chincha artist(s)

Ceremonial digging stick

Chincha artist(s) · 1200–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Ocotea tessmannii O.C. Schmidt

Ocotea tessmannii O.C. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record · 27 Feb 1985 to 19 Mar 1985

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, by Andrea Solario

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Andrea Solario · ca. 1507–9

Public domainThe Met
Myosotis alpestris F.W. Schmidt

Myosotis alpestris F.W. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Sep 1878

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ceremonial digging stick, by Chincha artist(s)

Ceremonial digging stick

Chincha artist(s) · 1200–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Rhus marlothii Engl.

Rhus marlothii Engl.

Artist not stated in the record · 25 May 1972

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ceremonial digging stick, by Chincha artist(s)

Ceremonial digging stick

Chincha artist(s) · 1200–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Equisetum hyemale L.

Equisetum hyemale L.

Artist not stated in the record · Aug 1901

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ceremonial digging stick, by Chincha artist(s)

Ceremonial digging stick

Chincha artist(s) · 1200–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Pisonia laurifolia J.A. Schmidt in Mart.

Pisonia laurifolia J.A. Schmidt in Mart.

Artist not stated in the record · Jun 1833

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saints Bartholomew and Simon, by Master of Saint Francis

Saints Bartholomew and Simon

Master of Saint Francis · ca. 1272

Public domainThe Met
Maerua schinzii Pax

Maerua schinzii Pax

Artist not stated in the record · 24 Mar 1972

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child, by Simone Martini

Madonna and Child

Simone Martini · ca. 1326

Public domainThe Met
Phytolacca thyrsiflora Fenzl ex J.A. Schmidt

Phytolacca thyrsiflora Fenzl ex J.A. Schmidt

Artist not stated in the record · 20 Dec 1916

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Ansanus, by Simone Martini

Saint Ansanus

Simone Martini · ca. 1326

Public domainThe Met
Tobias and His Wife

Tobias and His Wife

Artist not stated in the record · 1773

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. 60 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 59804 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 2026-09-04 05:07 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.