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 “Plaque with the Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew” — 64 records examined, 21 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 20:47 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.
Plaque with the Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew

Plaque with the Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1160–80

Public domainThe Met
Study for the Violet Sargent Bronze Plaque in the Art Institute of Chicago, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American, 1848 – 1907

Study for the Violet Sargent Bronze Plaque in the Art Institute of Chicago

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American, 1848 – 1907 · 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with Saint John the Evangelist

Plaque with Saint John the Evangelist

Artist not stated in the record · early 9th century

Public domainThe Met
Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Fourth Scene, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Fourth Scene

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · 1595 or before

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, by Hendrick ter Brugghen

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen · ca. 1624–25

Public domainThe Met
Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Second Scene, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Second Scene

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · 1595 or before

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with the Pentecost

Plaque with the Pentecost

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1150–75

Public domainThe Met
Studies for the Violet Sargent Bronze Plaque in the Art Institute of Chicago, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American, 1848 – 1907

Studies for the Violet Sargent Bronze Plaque in the Art Institute of Chicago

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American, 1848 – 1907 · 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Andrew, by Andrea Bregno

Saint Andrew

Andrea Bregno · 1491

Public domainThe Met
The Sudarium (Saints Veronica, Peter, and Paul), from The Little Passion Series

The Sudarium (Saints Veronica, Peter, and Paul), from The Little Passion Series

Artist not stated in the record · 1510

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coronation of the Virgin, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

Coronation of the Virgin

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) · ca. 1455

Public domainThe Met
Chasse with Saints and Angels

Chasse with Saints and Angels

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century

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
Stone slave auction block from Hagerstown, Maryland, by Unidentified

Stone slave auction block from Hagerstown, Maryland

Unidentified · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Denial of Saint Peter, by Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)

The Denial of Saint Peter

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) · 1610

Public domainThe Met
Saints Peter and Paul over the Vatican, by Minardi Tommaso, Italian, 1787 - 1871

Saints Peter and Paul over the Vatican

Minardi Tommaso, Italian, 1787 - 1871 · 1800–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with the Descent from the Cross

Plaque with the Descent from the Cross

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1320–40

Public domainThe Met
Old Man Weeping, after a drawing by Guercino

Old Man Weeping, after a drawing by Guercino

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760–1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke

The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke

Artist not stated in the record · early 9th century

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of S. Francesco Xavier (1506-1552)

Portrait of S. Francesco Xavier (1506-1552)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

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

Saint Andrew

Simone Martini · ca. 1326

Public domainThe Met
Teramnus uncinatus (L.) Sw.

Teramnus uncinatus (L.) Sw.

Artist not stated in the record · 13 Dec 1966

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with the Virgin Mary as a Personification of the Church

Plaque with the Virgin Mary as a Personification of the Church

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 800–825

Public domainThe Met
Study of "Altarpiece of Saint-Germer-de-fly," Paris, France, by Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909

Study of "Altarpiece of Saint-Germer-de-fly," Paris, France

Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909 · ca. 1870

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. 5110 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. 3261032 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 2026-09-02 20:47 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.