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 Presentation in the Temple. from the Life of the Virgin series” — 64 records examined, 14 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 19:05 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.
Virgin

Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
The Presentation in the Temple. from the Life of the Virgin series

The Presentation in the Temple. from the Life of the Virgin series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1506

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Capital with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (from Saint-Guilhem Cloister)

Capital with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (from Saint-Guilhem Cloister)

Artist not stated in the record · late 12th–early 13th century

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
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
Sketch for a Painting of the Presentation of the Virgin

Sketch for a Painting of the Presentation of the Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

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
Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, after Titian (right sheet)

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, after Titian (right sheet)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740

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 Assumption of the Virgin, from the Life of the Virgin series

The Assumption of the Virgin, from the Life of the Virgin series

Artist not stated in the record · 1510

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
Adoration of Magi, plate 7 from series "Life of the Virgin", by Israhel van Meckenem, German, ca. 1440 - 1503

Adoration of Magi, plate 7 from series "Life of the Virgin"

Israhel van Meckenem, German, ca. 1440 - 1503 · ca. 1490

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Coronation of the Virgin, by Niccolò di Buonaccorso

The Coronation of the Virgin

Niccolò di Buonaccorso · ca. 1380

Public domainThe Met
The Annunciation, from the Life of the Virgin series

The Annunciation, from the Life of the Virgin series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1506

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Shepherds, by Andrea Mantegna

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Andrea Mantegna · shortly after 1450

Public domainThe Met
Icon, by Ethiopian Orthodox

Icon

Ethiopian Orthodox · ca. 1630-1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Four miniatures of the life of Christ from a gospel book of 1311 (Presentation, Baptism, Transfiguration, Entry into Jerusalem), by T'oros the Deacon

Four miniatures of the life of Christ from a gospel book of 1311 (Presentation, Baptism, Transfiguration, Entry into Jerusalem)

T'oros the Deacon · 1311

Public domainThe Met
The Nativity, from the Life of the Virgin series

The Nativity, from the Life of the Virgin series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1506

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
Christ Taking Leave of his Mother, from the Life of the Virgin series

Christ Taking Leave of his Mother, from the Life of the Virgin series

Artist not stated in the record · ca 1506

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Visitation, by Master Heinrich of Constance

The Visitation

Master Heinrich of Constance · ca. 1310–20

Public domainThe Met
The Visitation, from the Life of the Virgin series

The Visitation, from the Life of the Virgin series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1506

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Annunciation, by Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi)

The Annunciation

Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) · ca. 1490

Public domainThe Met
Altar Dedicated to a Virgin Martyr [St. Lucy?], by Unknown, Italian

Altar Dedicated to a Virgin Martyr [St. Lucy?]

Unknown, Italian · early 19th century

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. 8765 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. 7484752 matched · 40 examined · 13 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 2026-09-06 19:05 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.