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 “Triptych with the Passion of Christ” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 01:28 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.
Triptych with the Passion of Christ

Triptych with the Passion of Christ

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1475–85

Public domainThe Met
Three Stages of the Passion: The Mockery, Christ before Pilate, Flagellation, by Francesco Coghetti, Italian, 1804 - 1875

Three Stages of the Passion: The Mockery, Christ before Pilate, Flagellation

Francesco Coghetti, Italian, 1804 - 1875 · ca. 1848

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Triptych with Scenes from the Passion of Christ, by Master Pertoldus

Triptych with Scenes from the Passion of Christ

Master Pertoldus · 1494

Public domainThe Met
Project for Trophies with the Arms of the Passion

Project for Trophies with the Arms of the Passion

Artist not stated in the record · 1825–1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), by Robert Campin

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Robert Campin · ca. 1427–32

Public domainThe Met
The Mocking of Christ, from The Little Passion Series

The Mocking of Christ, from The Little Passion Series

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

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
Christ Crowned with Thorns, from The Little Passion Series

Christ Crowned with Thorns, from The Little Passion Series

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Baptism of Christ, by Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte)

The Baptism of Christ

Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte) · ca. 1590

Public domainThe Met
The Taking of Christ, from The Little Passion Series

The Taking of Christ, from The Little Passion Series

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus, by Gerard David

Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus

Gerard David · ca. 1510

Public domainThe Met
Christ on the Mount of Olives (The Agony in the Garden), from The Little Passion Series

Christ on the Mount of Olives (The Agony in the Garden), from The Little Passion Series

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Booklet with Scenes of the Passion

Booklet with Scenes of the Passion

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300 (carving); ca. 1310–20 (painting)

Public domainThe Met
Christ Bearing the Cross, from The Little Passion Series

Christ Bearing the Cross, from The Little Passion Series

Artist not stated in the record · 1509

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shrine, by Matthias Walbaum

Shrine

Matthias Walbaum · 1598–1600

Public domainThe Met
The Last Summer, from The Little Passion Series

The Last Summer, from The Little Passion Series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1508–1509

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Blanket Chest, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Blanket Chest

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1835–75

Public domainThe Met
Christ Driving the Merchants (or Money Changers) from the Temple, from The Little Passion Series

Christ Driving the Merchants (or Money Changers) from the Temple, from The Little Passion Series

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Revolving Chair, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Revolving Chair

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1840–70

Public domainThe Met
Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, from The Little Passion Series

Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, from The Little Passion Series

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Triptych Panel with Pietá, by Master of the Triptych of Louis XII

Triptych Panel with Pietá

Master of the Triptych of Louis XII · 15th–16th century

Public domainThe Met
Christ before Pilate, from The Little Passion Series

Christ before Pilate, from The Little Passion Series

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Penitence of Saint Jerome, by Joachim Patinir

The Penitence of Saint Jerome

Joachim Patinir · ca. 1515

Public domainThe Met
Christ before Herod, from The Little Passion Series

Christ before Herod, from The Little Passion Series

Artist not stated in the record · 1509

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. 3752 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. 3015699 matched · 40 examined · 1 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 2026-08-27 01:28 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.