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 “The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist” — 64 records examined, 7 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-07 11:08 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 Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, by Albrecht Dürer

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Albrecht Dürer · 1510

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
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, by Spanish (Catalan) Painter

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Spanish (Catalan) Painter

Public domainThe Met
Beheading of John the Baptist

Beheading of John the Baptist

Artist not stated in the record · 1512

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, by Giuseppe Caletti, called Cremonese

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Giuseppe Caletti, called Cremonese · 1620–30

Public domainThe Met
The Beheading of John the Baptist

The Beheading of John the Baptist

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1480

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, by Albrecht Altdorfer

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Albrecht Altdorfer · 1512

Public domainThe Met
The Beheading of John the Baptist, by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669

The Beheading of John the Baptist

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669 · ca. 1631

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Appearing to His Mother, by Juan de Flandes

Christ Appearing to His Mother

Juan de Flandes · ca. 1496

Public domainThe Met
Beheading of John the Baptist

Beheading of John the Baptist

Artist not stated in the record · 1510

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Artist not stated in the record · mid-16th century

Public domainThe Met
Beheading of John the Baptist, by Mattia Preti, Italian, 1613 - 1699

Beheading of John the Baptist

Mattia Preti, Italian, 1613 - 1699 · 1661–66

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
Dance of the Daughters of Herodias

Dance of the Daughters of Herodias

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1490

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
Saint John the Baptist

Saint John the Baptist

Artist not stated in the record · 1622

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
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 Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, by The Limbourg Brothers

The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry

The Limbourg Brothers · 1405–1408/1409

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
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 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 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
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
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. 2632 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 3128711 matched · 40 examined · 6 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 2026-09-07 11:08 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.