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 “Saint John the Baptist” — 64 records examined, 9 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 22:42 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.
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
Saint John the Baptist

Saint John the Baptist

Artist not stated in the record · 1622

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
Anabaena oscillarioides

Anabaena oscillarioides

Artist not stated in the record · 11 Sep 1936

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
Passerella iliaca iliaca

Passerella iliaca iliaca

Artist not stated in the record · 16 Jan 1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Head of Saint John the Baptist (one of a pair), by Master of the Life of Saint John the Baptist

Head of Saint John the Baptist (one of a pair)

Master of the Life of Saint John the Baptist · ca. 1500–1510

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
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
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
The Child and Saint John the Baptist, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

The Child and Saint John the Baptist

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Medallion with Saint John the Baptist from an Icon Frame

Medallion with Saint John the Baptist from an Icon Frame

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1100

Public domainThe Met
St. Peter, Study for Ceiling, Saint John the Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY, by Leon Dabo, American, 1868–1960

St. Peter, Study for Ceiling, Saint John the Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY

Leon Dabo, American, 1868–1960 · 1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Execution of Saint John the Baptist, by Ubaldo Gandolfi

The Execution of Saint John the Baptist

Ubaldo Gandolfi · ca. 1770

Public domainThe Met
The Holy Family, Saint John the Baptist, and Another Saint, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

The Holy Family, Saint John the Baptist, and Another Saint

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

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
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
Head of Christ (one of a pair), by Master of the Life of Saint John the Baptist

Head of Christ (one of a pair)

Master of the Life of Saint John the Baptist · ca. 1500–1510

Public domainThe Met
A Female Martyr, Saint John the Baptist, and Two Devouts, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

A Female Martyr, Saint John the Baptist, and Two Devouts

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint John the Baptist, by Juan de Ancheta

Saint John the Baptist

Juan de Ancheta · ca. 1580–92

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
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels, by François Boucher

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels

François Boucher · 1765

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
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. 2650 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. 1408224 matched · 40 examined · 9 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 2026-08-26 22:42 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.