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 van Laer, called Il Bamboccio” — 64 records examined, 20 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 08:42 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 Hunter and the Dogs, by Pieter van Laer, called Il Bamboccio

The Hunter and the Dogs

Pieter van Laer, called Il Bamboccio · 1636

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1636

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Goats and a Shepherdess Winding Skeins, by Pieter van Laer, called Il Bamboccio

Goats and a Shepherdess Winding Skeins

Pieter van Laer, called Il Bamboccio · 1636

Public domainThe Met
Philip II, by Pieter Van Gunst, c. 1667 - 1724

Philip II

Pieter Van Gunst, c. 1667 - 1724 · n.d.a.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Landscape with Cattle and a Milkmaid, by Jan van Noordt

Landscape with Cattle and a Milkmaid

Jan van Noordt · 1644

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Louis van Boisot

Portrait of Louis van Boisot

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Visit, by Pieter de Hooch

The Visit

Pieter de Hooch · ca. 1657

Public domainThe Met
Self Portrait of Rembrandt

Self Portrait of Rembrandt

Artist not stated in the record · 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
Pyrometer, by Maison Pixii

Pyrometer

Maison Pixii · ca 1820-1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Margaret of Austria, by Jean Hey (called Master of Moulins)

Margaret of Austria

Jean Hey (called Master of Moulins) · ca. 1490

Public domainThe Met
William II, by Pieter Tanje, 1706 - 1760

William II

Pieter Tanje, 1706 - 1760 · 1749

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1653

Public domainThe Met
Henry Frederick, by Pieter Tanje, 1706 - 1760

Henry Frederick

Pieter Tanje, 1706 - 1760 · 1749

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, by Jan van Eyck

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck · ca. 1436–38

Public domainThe Met
E. Tow O Koam Coning van de Rivier Volkeren, by Pieter Schenk, 1660 - 1711

E. Tow O Koam Coning van de Rivier Volkeren

Pieter Schenk, 1660 - 1711 · 1710

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

The Annunciation

Hans Memling · ca. 1465–70

Public domainThe Met
Scrollwork Escutcheon with Representation of Saint Matthew the Evangelist, by Jacob Floris the Elder, Flemish, 1524 - 1581

Scrollwork Escutcheon with Representation of Saint Matthew the Evangelist

Jacob Floris the Elder, Flemish, 1524 - 1581 · ca. 1565

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
Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene, by Pieter van der Heyden, Flemish, 1530 - 1572

Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene

Pieter van der Heyden, Flemish, 1530 - 1572 · 1566

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Maid Asleep, by Johannes Vermeer

A Maid Asleep

Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1656–57

Public domainThe Met
Scrollwork Escutcheon with Representation of Saint John the Evangelist, by Jacob Floris the Elder, Flemish, 1524 - 1581

Scrollwork Escutcheon with Representation of Saint John the Evangelist

Jacob Floris the Elder, Flemish, 1524 - 1581 · ca. 1565

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, by Gerard David

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Gerard David · ca. 1512–15

Public domainThe Met
Scrollwork Escutcheon with Representation of Summer, by Jacob Floris the Elder, Flemish, 1524 - 1581

Scrollwork Escutcheon with Representation of Summer

Jacob Floris the Elder, Flemish, 1524 - 1581 · ca. 1565

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. 24 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. 56829 matched · 40 examined · 20 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 2026-09-05 08:42 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.