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 “St. G..., active 18th century” — 64 records examined, 2 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 06:20 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.
Armor (Gusoku), by Bamen Tomotsugu

Armor (Gusoku)

Bamen Tomotsugu · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sword Guard (Tsuba), by Omori Hidenaga

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Omori Hidenaga · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Virgin of Carmen and the Souls of Purgatory with St. Joseph and the Prophet Elijah, by Juan Francisco de Aguilera

The Virgin of Carmen and the Souls of Purgatory with St. Joseph and the Prophet Elijah

Juan Francisco de Aguilera · ca. 1720

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Altar Predella and Socle of Archbishop Don Dalmau de Mur y Cervelló, by Francí Gomar

Altar Predella and Socle of Archbishop Don Dalmau de Mur y Cervelló

Francí Gomar · ca. 1456–1458

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family, by Master of the Dinteville Allegory

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family

Master of the Dinteville Allegory · 1537

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de' Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas, by Master G.Z. (possibly Michele dai Carri, Italian, Ferrara, active by 1405–died 1441 Ferrara)

Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de' Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas

Master G.Z. (possibly Michele dai Carri, Italian, Ferrara, active by 1405–died 1441 Ferrara) · ca. 1420–30

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Last Supper, by Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio)

The Last Supper

Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio) · ca. 1325

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saints Bartholomew and Simon, by Master of Saint Francis

Saints Bartholomew and Simon

Master of Saint Francis · ca. 1272

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by St. G..., active 18th century

Title Page

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Follower of Rogier van der Weyden (Master of the Saint Ursula Legend Group, Netherlandish, active late 15th century)

Virgin and Child

Follower of Rogier van der Weyden (Master of the Saint Ursula Legend Group, Netherlandish, active late 15th century) · ca. 1480–90

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Young Man, by Hans Memling

Portrait of a Young Man

Hans Memling · ca. 1472–75

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

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
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido, by Biduinus

Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido

Biduinus · ca. 1175

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

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. 1220 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 917071 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 06:20 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.