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. 23 shown for “Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist” — 64 records examined, 7 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 20:00 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 and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels, by François Boucher

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels

François Boucher · 1765

Public domainThe Met
The Virgin and Child with Saints Elizabeth, Joseph, and Young John the Baptist

The Virgin and Child with Saints Elizabeth, Joseph, and Young John the Baptist

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1610

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin

Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
The Infant John in the Wilderness accompanied by Angels [above]; Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara [below], by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

The Infant John in the Wilderness accompanied by Angels [above]; Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1580 – 1605

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1525–50

Public domainThe Met
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1580-1605

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
Virgin and Child with Saints, by Charles Mellin, French, 1600 - 1649

Virgin and Child with Saints

Charles Mellin, French, 1600 - 1649 · 1620–49

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
St. Christopher Apostle Spoon

St. Christopher Apostle Spoon

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

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
Altar frontal

Altar frontal

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Enthroned Virgin and Child

Enthroned Virgin and Child

Artist not stated in the record · 1150–1200

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
Madonna and Child with Saints, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

Madonna and Child with Saints

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) · 1454

Public domainThe Met
The Holy Family with John the Baptist, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

The Holy Family with John the Baptist

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1580 – 1599

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, by Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) · ca. 1524–26

Public domainThe Met
The Virgin With the Child and St. John the Baptist, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

The Virgin With the Child and St. John the Baptist

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1820-1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

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
Two-Sided Pendant with the Virgin and Christ Child and John the Forerunner

Two-Sided Pendant with the Virgin and Christ Child and John the Forerunner

Artist not stated in the record · 1100–1300

Public domainThe Met
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
Virgin and Child with Saint John (Study for "Notre-Dame du Saint-Cordon"), by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French, b. Valenciennes, 1827–1875

Virgin and Child with Saint John (Study for "Notre-Dame du Saint-Cordon")

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French, b. Valenciennes, 1827–1875 · (1864/cast after 1890)

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. 1660 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. 2155128 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 2026-09-01 20:00 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.