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 “Roundel with Saint John the Baptist and Donors” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 14:22 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.
Roundel with Saint John the Baptist and Donors

Roundel with Saint John the Baptist and Donors

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1525

Public domainThe Met
Oeuvre de Saint Eustache, by Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780

Oeuvre de Saint Eustache

Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780 · mid- 18th century

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
Design for Rose Window, St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn, NY, by Leon Dabo, American, 1868–1960

Design for Rose Window, St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn, NY

Leon Dabo, American, 1868–1960 · 1905

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Altarpiece with Christ, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Margaret, by Andrea da Giona

Altarpiece with Christ, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Margaret

Andrea da Giona · 1434

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Watchcase Lids or Medallions, by Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686

Designs for Watchcase Lids or Medallions

Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686 · ca. 1660-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint John the Baptist, by Juan Martínez Montañés

Saint John the Baptist

Juan Martínez Montañés · ca. 1620–30

Public domainThe Met
Saint John the Baptist, A Saint Bishop (Porbably One of the Doctors), and Two Devouts, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

Saint John the Baptist, A Saint Bishop (Porbably One of the Doctors), and Two Devouts

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1820–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist, by Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)

The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) · ca. 1528

Public domainThe Met
The Holy Family with Saint Catherine; St. John the Baptist, after Guercino; St. George and the Dragon, After Alessandro Tiarini; Two Putti, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

The Holy Family with Saint Catherine; St. John the Baptist, after Guercino; St. George and the Dragon, After Alessandro Tiarini; Two Putti

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1821–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Life and Miracles of Saint Godelieve, by Master of the Saint Godelieve Legend

The Life and Miracles of Saint Godelieve

Master of the Saint Godelieve Legend

Public domainThe Met
Saint John the Baptist in Prison, Visited by his Disciples, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Saint John the Baptist in Prison, Visited by his Disciples

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with Donors, by Giovanni da Milano

Madonna and Child with Donors

Giovanni da Milano · ca. 1365

Public domainThe Met
The Beheading of St. John Baptist, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

The Beheading of St. John Baptist

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1820-1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint John on Patmos, by Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien)

Saint John on Patmos

Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) · ca. 1511

Public domainThe Met
Saint John the Baptist in Prison, Visited by his Disciples, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Saint John the Baptist in Prison, Visited by his Disciples

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roundel with Saint John The Baptist

Roundel with Saint John The Baptist

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1500

Public domainThe Met
Ceramic plate commemorating the Centennial of the 16th Street Baptist Church, by Kettlesprings Kilns, American, founded 1950

Ceramic plate commemorating the Centennial of the 16th Street Baptist Church

Kettlesprings Kilns, American, founded 1950 · 1973

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist, by Giovanni Baronzio

The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist

Giovanni Baronzio · ca. 1330–35

Public domainThe Met
Coronation of the Virgin, by Master of the Die, Italian or German, 1530 - 1560

Coronation of the Virgin

Master of the Die, Italian or German, 1530 - 1560 · 1530–1560

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Altarpiece with the Lives of Jesus, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint John the Evangelist, by Baldassare degli Embriachi

Altarpiece with the Lives of Jesus, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint John the Evangelist

Baldassare degli Embriachi · ca. 1390–1400

Public domainThe Met
Two Boats, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Two Boats

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1773?

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, by Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) · ca. 1524–26

Public domainThe Met
The Child, Saint John the Baptist and, Possibly, Saint Elizabeth, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

The Child, Saint John the Baptist and, Possibly, Saint Elizabeth

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1820–1850

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. 694 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. 2355255 matched · 40 examined · 5 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 14:22 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.