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. 22 shown for “Antonio Franchi (Il Lucchese)” — 50 records examined, 23 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 08:18 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.
Putto and Angel Holding a Banderole, by Antonio Franchi (Il Lucchese)

Putto and Angel Holding a Banderole

Antonio Franchi (Il Lucchese) · 1706

Public domainThe Met
A Stucco Angel from the Nave Vault, Church of the Gesu, Rome," from the album "Drawings after Ornament and Architecture", by Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773

A Stucco Angel from the Nave Vault, Church of the Gesu, Rome," from the album "Drawings after Ornament and Architecture"

Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773 · ca. 1759–70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Angel Holding a Banderole, by Antonio Franchi (Il Lucchese)

Angel Holding a Banderole

Antonio Franchi (Il Lucchese) · 1706

Public domainThe Met
Samples, by Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Connecticut, USA

Samples

Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Connecticut, USA · ca. 1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Exaltation of the Holy Cross, by Antonio Puglieschi

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Antonio Puglieschi · 1700

Public domainThe Met
Plantago media L.

Plantago media L.

Artist not stated in the record · 1846

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sketches of seven statues: Faith, Paolo and Francesca di RImini, Charity, Ceres, Heavenly Venus, Dancer, and Sleeping Cupid, by John Gibson

Sketches of seven statues: Faith, Paolo and Francesca di RImini, Charity, Ceres, Heavenly Venus, Dancer, and Sleeping Cupid

John Gibson · ca. 1850

Public domainThe Met
Rabelera holostea (L.) M.T. Sharples & E.A. Tripp

Rabelera holostea (L.) M.T. Sharples & E.A. Tripp

Artist not stated in the record · Jul 1846

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saints John the Baptist and an Evangelist (Matthew?), by Bicci di Lorenzo

Saints John the Baptist and an Evangelist (Matthew?)

Bicci di Lorenzo · 1433–35

Public domainThe Met
Melica nutans L.

Melica nutans L.

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido, by Biduinus

Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido

Biduinus · ca. 1175

Public domainThe Met
Act 5, Scene 1, for Il Pomo d'Oro, by Francesco Sbarra

Act 5, Scene 1, for Il Pomo d'Oro

Francesco Sbarra · 1667

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Doorway from the Church of San Nicolò, San Gemini

Doorway from the Church of San Nicolò, San Gemini

Artist not stated in the record · carved 1000s, assembled 1100s or 1200s

Public domainThe Met
Sample, by Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Connecticut, USA

Sample

Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Connecticut, USA · ca. 1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Nicholas Providing Dowries, by Bicci di Lorenzo

Saint Nicholas Providing Dowries

Bicci di Lorenzo · 1433–35

Public domainThe Met
Textile, by Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Connecticut, USA

Textile

Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Connecticut, USA · ca. 1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Nicholas Resuscitating Three Youths, by Bicci di Lorenzo

Saint Nicholas Resuscitating Three Youths

Bicci di Lorenzo · 1433–35

Public domainThe Met
Sapajus nigritus nigritus

Sapajus nigritus nigritus

Artist not stated in the record · 1 Jul 1946

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Seated Saint Reading from a Book, by Francesco Botticini (Francesco di Giovanni)

A Seated Saint Reading from a Book

Francesco Botticini (Francesco di Giovanni) · late 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Bassin de Neptune, Versailles, by Carroll Beckwith, born Hannibal, MO 1852-died New York City 1917

Bassin de Neptune, Versailles

Carroll Beckwith, born Hannibal, MO 1852-died New York City 1917 · 1913

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
One of the Figures at the Parterre d'Eau, by Carroll Beckwith, born Hannibal, MO 1852-died New York City 1917

One of the Figures at the Parterre d'Eau

Carroll Beckwith, born Hannibal, MO 1852-died New York City 1917 · ca. 1911 or 1913

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pinus sp.

Pinus sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 18 Nov 1917

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. 10 matched · 10 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.10 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 52099 matched · 40 examined · 23 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 2026-09-03 08:18 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.