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. 23 shown for “Seated limestone kourotrophos with another child standing” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 04:01 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.
Seated limestone kourotrophos with another child standing

Seated limestone kourotrophos with another child standing

Artist not stated in the record · 4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Monument after Palladio with bust of Palladio and wolf with Romulus and Remus, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Monument after Palladio with bust of Palladio and wolf with Romulus and Remus

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · ca. 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief with enthroned ruler, by Chakalte'

Relief with enthroned ruler

Chakalte' · 770 CE

Public domainThe Met
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1580-1605

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Painted limestone funerary stele with a seated man and two standing figures

Painted limestone funerary stele with a seated man and two standing figures

Artist not stated in the record · late 4th–early 3rd century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Study for Charity, Faith, and Hope, by Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909

Study for Charity, Faith, and Hope

Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909 · 1893–94

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ostracon

Ostracon

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300–1080 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Project for an Altar Painting, by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called Guercino), Italian, 1591 – 1666

Project for an Altar Painting

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called Guercino), Italian, 1591 – 1666 · 1700–50

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Censer with seated king, by Maya artist(s)

Censer with seated king

Maya artist(s) · 300–400 CE

Public domainThe Met
Cupid and Psyche: Four Octagons and Eight Drawings of Cupid, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Cupid and Psyche: Four Octagons and Eight Drawings of Cupid

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1810–15

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and child, by Niccolò Roccatagliata

Virgin and child

Niccolò Roccatagliata · early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
The Children's Bath, by Israhel van Meckenem, German, ca. 1440 - 1503

The Children's Bath

Israhel van Meckenem, German, ca. 1440 - 1503 · before 1500

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
The Reeling of Silk, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

The Reeling of Silk

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1595

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated limestone kourotrophos

Seated limestone kourotrophos

Artist not stated in the record · 4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
The Infant John in the Wilderness accompanied by Angels [above]; Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara [below], by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

The Infant John in the Wilderness accompanied by Angels [above]; Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1580 – 1605

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hatshepsut in a Devotional Attitude

Hatshepsut in a Devotional Attitude

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Seated limestone kourotrophos

Seated limestone kourotrophos

Artist not stated in the record · late 6th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Meringues (Meringues) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service), by Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Meringues (Meringues) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849 · 1819–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Enthroned Virgin and Child

Enthroned Virgin and Child

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300

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
Column, by Maya artist(s)

Column

Maya artist(s) · 800–900 CE

Public domainThe Met
La Bonne Mere

La Bonne Mere

Artist not stated in the record · after 1755

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. 92 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. 291702 matched · 40 examined · 1 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 2026-09-03 04:01 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.