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 Circumcision” — 64 records examined, 25 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 18:22 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 Circumcision

The Circumcision

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1460–70

Public domainThe Met
The Circumcision in the Stable

The Circumcision in the Stable

Artist not stated in the record · 1654

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roundel with the Circumcision

Roundel with the Circumcision

Artist not stated in the record · 1480–90

Public domainThe Met
The Circumcision

The Circumcision

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1710

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Nativity and Circumcision of Christ, by Workshop of the Master of the High Foreheads

The Nativity and Circumcision of Christ

Workshop of the Master of the High Foreheads · probably early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Diana and Actaeon [above]; Dido and Aeneas Shelter from the Storm [below], by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Diana and Actaeon [above]; Dido and Aeneas Shelter from the Storm [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1589 – 1605

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Circumcision, by Laurent de La Hyre

Circumcision

Laurent de La Hyre

Public domainThe Met
Scenes from the Life of the Virgin, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Scenes from the Life of the Virgin

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · 1589 or before

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Circumcision, by Aegidius Sadeler II

Circumcision

Aegidius Sadeler II · 1590

Public domainThe Met
Palepai (ship cloth)

Palepai (ship cloth)

Artist not stated in the record · mid-19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Circumcision, by Aegidius Sadeler II

Circumcision

Aegidius Sadeler II · 1590

Public domainThe Met
Face mask, by Bembe artist

Face mask

Bembe artist · Mid 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Circumcision, by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

The Circumcision

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · ca. 1625

Public domainThe Met
Stitching pony belonging to and used by William Sugg

Stitching pony belonging to and used by William Sugg

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Circumcision, by Gerard de Lairesse

The Circumcision

Gerard de Lairesse · mid-17th–early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Brown bodice and skirt with green silk trim, by Unidentified

Brown bodice and skirt with green silk trim

Unidentified · ca.1895

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Circumcision, by Ciro Ferri

The Circumcision

Ciro Ferri · 1634–89

Public domainThe Met
Cream lace wedding gown with corded floral motifs, by Annie Hauer, American

Cream lace wedding gown with corded floral motifs

Annie Hauer, American · 1895

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Circumcision, by Lucas van Leyden

The Circumcision

Lucas van Leyden · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
Cream dress with floral lace and embroidery, by Unidentified

Cream dress with floral lace and embroidery

Unidentified · ca.1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Circumcision, by Hans Mielich

The Circumcision

Hans Mielich · 1516–73

Public domainThe Met
White and navy hat with asymmetrical brim, by Jacki

White and navy hat with asymmetrical brim

Jacki · 1960s-1970s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Circumcision, by Anonymous Workshop, British

The Circumcision

Anonymous Workshop, British · early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Floral brocade jacket and skirt with fringe hem, by Unidentified

Floral brocade jacket and skirt with fringe hem

Unidentified · 1980s-1990s

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. 97 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. 1183610 matched · 40 examined · 24 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 18:22 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.