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 “Studies probably for an Adoration of the Shepherds” — 64 records examined, 8 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 19:44 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.
The Adoration of the Shepherds, by Andrea Mantegna

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Andrea Mantegna · shortly after 1450

Public domainThe Met
Studies probably for an Adoration of the Shepherds

Studies probably for an Adoration of the Shepherds

Artist not stated in the record · 1775–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Shepherds, by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

The Adoration of the Shepherds

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) · ca. 1605–10

Public domainThe Met
Adoration of the Shepherds; Arcangle St. Michael after Raphael; St. Margarite after Raphael; Aloof de Wignancourt by Caravaggio; Putti; Study of the Flood; Verso: Disposition after Volterra; St. Ceclia after Raphael; Portion of Marriage of Henry IV to..., by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Adoration of the Shepherds; Arcangle St. Michael after Raphael; St. Margarite after Raphael; Aloof de Wignancourt by Caravaggio; Putti; Study of the Flood; Verso: Disposition after Volterra; St. Ceclia after Raphael; Portion of Marriage of Henry IV to...

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1803–09

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Shepherds, by Bartolo di Fredi

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Bartolo di Fredi · 1374

Public domainThe Met
Adoration of the Shepherds; Arcangle St. Michael after Raphael; St. Margarite after Raphael; Aloof de Wignancourt by Caravaggio; Putti; Study of the Flood; Verso: Disposition after Volterra; St. Ceclia after Raphael; Portion of Marriage of Henry IV to..., by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Adoration of the Shepherds; Arcangle St. Michael after Raphael; St. Margarite after Raphael; Aloof de Wignancourt by Caravaggio; Putti; Study of the Flood; Verso: Disposition after Volterra; St. Ceclia after Raphael; Portion of Marriage of Henry IV to...

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1803–09

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Magi, by Giotto di Bondone

The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto di Bondone · possibly ca. 1320

Public domainThe Met
The Adoration of the Shepherds

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Artist not stated in the record · 1720–50

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Shepherd's Song, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

The Shepherd's Song

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes · 1891

Public domainThe Met
Adoration of the Shepherds, by Ubaldo Gandolfi, Italian, 1728 – 1781

Adoration of the Shepherds

Ubaldo Gandolfi, Italian, 1728 – 1781 · 1766

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Adoration of the Shepherds, by Francesco di Marco Marmitta da Parma

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco di Marco Marmitta da Parma · ca. 1500

Public domainThe Met
The Nativity (Adoration of the Shepherds) from The Little Passion Series

The Nativity (Adoration of the Shepherds) from The Little Passion Series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1509–1511

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Magi, by Bartolo di Fredi

The Adoration of the Magi

Bartolo di Fredi · ca. 1390

Public domainThe Met
Adoration of the Shepherds, by Francesco Saverio Mergolo, Italian, 1746–1786

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, Italian, 1746–1786 · ca. 1750–90

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hercules and Achelous, by Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Hercules and Achelous

Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian · probably mid-17th century

Public domainThe Met
The Adoration of the Magi

The Adoration of the Magi

Artist not stated in the record · mid–late 16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Shepherds, by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) and Workshop

The Adoration of the Shepherds

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) and Workshop · ca. 1612–14

Public domainThe Met
Adoration of the Shepherds, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Adoration of the Shepherds

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1585 – 1605

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with a Donor Presented by Saint Jerome, by Master of the Munich Marian Panels

Virgin and Child with a Donor Presented by Saint Jerome

Master of the Munich Marian Panels · ca. 1450

Public domainThe Met
The Adoration of the Shepherds, by Antonio de' Dominici, Italian, ca. 1730–after 1800

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Antonio de' Dominici, Italian, ca. 1730–after 1800 · ca. 1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", by Georges Seurat

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"

Georges Seurat · 1884

Public domainThe Met
Adoration of the Shepherds, by Antonio de' Dominici, Italian, ca. 1730–after 1800

Adoration of the Shepherds

Antonio de' Dominici, Italian, ca. 1730–after 1800 · ca. 1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Magi, by Joos van Wassenhove

The Adoration of the Magi

Joos van Wassenhove · 1472–74

Public domainThe Met
The Adoration of the Shepherds, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

The Adoration of the Shepherds

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. 2031 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. 3024985 matched · 40 examined · 8 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 2026-09-05 19:44 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.