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 “Pieter Bout” — 62 records examined, 22 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 22:31 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.
Landscape with Herdsmen, Sheep and Cows Around a Fountain, by Pieter Bout

Landscape with Herdsmen, Sheep and Cows Around a Fountain

Pieter Bout · n.d.

Public domainThe Met
Peep-show, Vue de la Ville de Richelieu en Poitou construitte par le Grand Cardinal Duc de Richelieu, au Bout des Parteres de Sougid et Superbe Chateau de Richelieu de la Conduitte, No. 147

Peep-show, Vue de la Ville de Richelieu en Poitou construitte par le Grand Cardinal Duc de Richelieu, au Bout des Parteres de Sougid et Superbe Chateau de Richelieu de la Conduitte, No. 147

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Guardroom Scene, by Pieter Bout

Guardroom Scene

Pieter Bout · ca. 1700

Public domainThe Met
Elévations et Profils de différens Lambris d’appuy, avec leurs bouts de Chambranle, by F. Cornille, active 1740 - 1756

Elévations et Profils de différens Lambris d’appuy, avec leurs bouts de Chambranle

F. Cornille, active 1740 - 1756 · 1751–55

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Dieric Bouts

Virgin and Child

Dieric Bouts · 1475–99

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Pieter Brughel the Younger, by Marco Sadeler

Portrait of Pieter Brughel the Younger

Marco Sadeler · 1606

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Dieric Bouts

Virgin and Child

Dieric Bouts · 1475–99

Public domainThe Met
Plan et Elévation d’un Choeur dont le bout est ceintré en tour creuse avec une Porte de Sacristie à côté, by F. Cornille, active 1740 - 1756

Plan et Elévation d’un Choeur dont le bout est ceintré en tour creuse avec une Porte de Sacristie à côté

F. Cornille, active 1740 - 1756 · 1751–55

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Paul with a Donor; Christ Appearing to His Mother, by Master of the Saint Ursula Legend

Saint Paul with a Donor; Christ Appearing to His Mother

Master of the Saint Ursula Legend · ca. 1485

Public domainThe Met
Veüe du bout de la grande Allée des Thuilleries, by Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703

Veüe du bout de la grande Allée des Thuilleries

Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703 · late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Man, by Hugo van der Goes

Portrait of a Man

Hugo van der Goes · ca. 1475

Public domainThe Met
Décoration interieure du pavillon royal au bout du canal de Commercy, by Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763

Décoration interieure du pavillon royal au bout du canal de Commercy

Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763 · 1753

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Magi, by Quinten Massys

The Adoration of the Magi

Quinten Massys · 1526

Public domainThe Met
Plan des Entressoles du Pavillon Royal au bout du Canal de Commercy., by Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763

Plan des Entressoles du Pavillon Royal au bout du Canal de Commercy.

Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763 · 1753

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with Four Angels, by Gerard David

Virgin and Child with Four Angels

Gerard David · ca. 1510–15

Public domainThe Met
Elévations et Profils de différens Lambris d'appui avec leurs bouts de Chambranle, by Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782

Elévations et Profils de différens Lambris d'appui avec leurs bouts de Chambranle

Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782 · 1774

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Annunciation, by Hans Memling

The Annunciation

Hans Memling · ca. 1465–70

Public domainThe Met
Veuë et Perspective d’une grotte au bout de l’allée du grand jet d’eau a St. Clou, by Israel Silvestre, French, 1621 – 1691

Veuë et Perspective d’une grotte au bout de l’allée du grand jet d’eau a St. Clou

Israel Silvestre, French, 1621 – 1691 · 1680–1695

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist, by Bernard van Orley

The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist

Bernard van Orley · ca. 1514–15

Public domainThe Met
Plan et Coupe d'un Sallon au bout d'une Gallerie, by Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782

Plan et Coupe d'un Sallon au bout d'une Gallerie

Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782 · 1774

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-l'oeil with Painting of The Man of Sorrows, by Bernard van Orley

The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-l'oeil with Painting of The Man of Sorrows

Bernard van Orley · ca. 1514–15

Public domainThe Met
Vue en perspective de la Cascade et du Pavillon au bout du Canal des Jardins de Lunéville., by Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763

Vue en perspective de la Cascade et du Pavillon au bout du Canal des Jardins de Lunéville.

Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763 · 1753

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman, by Quinten Massys

Portrait of a Woman

Quinten Massys · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
Plan et Coupe d'un Sallon au bout d'une Gallerie, by Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782

Plan et Coupe d'un Sallon au bout d'une Gallerie

Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782 · 1774

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. 22 matched · 22 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. 1651 matched · 40 examined · 22 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 22:31 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.