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 Stag Hunt” — 64 records examined, 7 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 03:34 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.
Nature Sets Her Hound Youth after the Stag (from The Hunt of the Frail Stag)

Nature Sets Her Hound Youth after the Stag (from The Hunt of the Frail Stag)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1495–1510

Public domainThe Met
The Stag Hunt

The Stag Hunt

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Diana and the Stag, by Joachim Friess

Diana and the Stag

Joachim Friess · ca. 1620

Public domainThe Met
A Stag Hunt, from "Der Weisskunig"

A Stag Hunt, from "Der Weisskunig"

Artist not stated in the record · 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman, by Aelbert Cuyp

Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman

Aelbert Cuyp · ca. 1652–53

Public domainThe Met
Deer attacked by Lynxes [above left]; Deer Hunt with Hounds Tracking [below left]; Cloelia and her Companions escape Porsena's Camp [above right]; Aeneas and Dido Shelter in a Cave [below right], by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Deer attacked by Lynxes [above left]; Deer Hunt with Hounds Tracking [below left]; Cloelia and her Companions escape Porsena's Camp [above right]; Aeneas and Dido Shelter in a Cave [below right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1596–1598

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Hunting Scene, by Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio)

A Hunting Scene

Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) · ca. 1494–1500

Public domainThe Met
Stag Hunt with Rifles, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Stag Hunt with Rifles

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · late 1590s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
After the Hunt, by Gustave Courbet

After the Hunt

Gustave Courbet · ca. 1859

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche with Hunting Motifs, by François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

Cartouche with Hunting Motifs

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768 · 1738–45

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel with Hunting Scenes

Panel with Hunting Scenes

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1350

Public domainThe Met
The Stag Outrun, by Kimmel and Forster

The Stag Outrun

Kimmel and Forster · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag

Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 14th–13th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 2 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI

Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 2 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI

Artist not stated in the record · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wolf and Fox Hunt, by Peter Paul Rubens

Wolf and Fox Hunt

Peter Paul Rubens · ca. 1616

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Friezes, by Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682

Designs for Friezes

Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682 · 1640–82

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shepherdess and stag hunt

Shepherdess and stag hunt

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1735

Public domainThe Met
Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament), by Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664 · ca. 1653

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stag

Stag

Artist not stated in the record · second half of the 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Trophy Cup and Case, by Abraham Drentwet, German, 1647 – 1727

Trophy Cup and Case

Abraham Drentwet, German, 1647 – 1727 · 1773–75

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Halt of the Hunt, by Carle (Charles André) Vanloo

Halt of the Hunt

Carle (Charles André) Vanloo · ca. 1737

Public domainThe Met
Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 6 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI

Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 6 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI

Artist not stated in the record · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hunting Sword with Scabbard, by Joseph Deutschmann

Hunting Sword with Scabbard

Joseph Deutschmann · ca. 1740

Public domainThe Met
Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament), by Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664 · ca. 1653

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. 3015 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. 1188470 matched · 40 examined · 5 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 03:34 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.