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 “Apostle plate with inscription of Saint Phillip” — 64 records examined, 9 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-30 22:53 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.
Apostle plate with inscription of Saint Phillip

Apostle plate with inscription of Saint Phillip

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740

Public domainThe Met
Ornaments

Ornaments

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Two Apostles, by Luca Giordano, Italian, 1634 - 1705

Two Apostles

Luca Giordano, Italian, 1634 - 1705 · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Clock with pedestal, by André Charles Boulle

Clock with pedestal

André Charles Boulle · ca. 1690

Public domainThe Met
2c John Phillip Sousa plate proof, by Bureau of Engraving and Printing

2c John Phillip Sousa plate proof

Bureau of Engraving and Printing · March 28, 1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall barometer-thermometer, by Lange de Bourbon

Wall barometer-thermometer

Lange de Bourbon · ca. 1760

Public domainThe Met
3c Augustus Saint-Gaudens plate proof, by Bureau of Engraving and Printing

3c Augustus Saint-Gaudens plate proof

Bureau of Engraving and Printing · May 6, 1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion, by Master of the Codex of Saint George

The Crucifixion

Master of the Codex of Saint George · ca. 1330–35

Public domainThe Met
8c Washington by Charles B.J.F. Saint Memin plate proof, by Bureau of Engraving and Printing

8c Washington by Charles B.J.F. Saint Memin plate proof

Bureau of Engraving and Printing · September 4, 1931

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Andrew, by Andrea Bregno

Saint Andrew

Andrea Bregno · 1491

Public domainThe Met
St. Christopher Apostle Spoon

St. Christopher Apostle Spoon

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Apostle Spoon

Apostle Spoon

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1490

Public domainThe Met
5c New Jersey Tercentenary plate proof, by Bureau of Engraving and Printing

5c New Jersey Tercentenary plate proof

Bureau of Engraving and Printing · June 15, 1964

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Still Life with Apples and Pitcher, by Camille Pissarro

Still Life with Apples and Pitcher

Camille Pissarro · 1872

Public domainThe Met
The Assumption of the Virgin, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

The Assumption of the Virgin

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

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
COLLECTION DE DESSINS Des Poëles de formes antique et modern, de l’invention et de la Manufacture du Sieur OLLIVIER, rue de la Roquette, fauxbourg Saint-Antoine., by Louis Bosse, French, active ca. 1767 – 1777

COLLECTION DE DESSINS Des Poëles de formes antique et modern, de l’invention et de la Manufacture du Sieur OLLIVIER, rue de la Roquette, fauxbourg Saint-Antoine.

Louis Bosse, French, active ca. 1767 – 1777 · ca. 1791

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Icon with the Crucifixion

Icon with the Crucifixion

Artist not stated in the record · mid-10th century

Public domainThe Met
The Last Judgment, by Cornelis Visscher, Netherlandish, 1629-1658

The Last Judgment

Cornelis Visscher, Netherlandish, 1629-1658 · ca. 1650

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Peter as the First Pope

Saint Peter as the First Pope

Artist not stated in the record · before 1348

Public domainThe Met
A "Santa Conversazione", by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

A "Santa Conversazione"

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reliquary Casket with the Deesis, Archangels, and the Twelve Apostles

Reliquary Casket with the Deesis, Archangels, and the Twelve Apostles

Artist not stated in the record · 950–1000

Public domainThe Met
Design for an Altar, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Design for an Altar

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1749-1761

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. 204 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. 2932172 matched · 40 examined · 9 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 2026-08-30 22:53 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.