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 “Bowl Base with a Marriage Scene” — 64 records examined, 20 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 03:57 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.
Bowl Base with a Marriage Scene

Bowl Base with a Marriage Scene

Artist not stated in the record · 4th–5th century

Public domainThe Met
Birdcage with fishbowl

Birdcage with fishbowl

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

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
La Demande en Marriage

La Demande en Marriage

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with The Virgin and the Unicorn and arms of Matthias Corvinus and Beatrice of Aragon

Bowl with The Virgin and the Unicorn and arms of Matthias Corvinus and Beatrice of Aragon

Artist not stated in the record · probably ca. 1486–88

Public domainThe Met
Design for clock, by Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai

Design for clock

Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tapestry Room from Croome Court, by Robert Adam

Tapestry Room from Croome Court

Robert Adam · 1763–71

Public domainThe Met
The Marriage at Cana; Hagar and Ishmal; David and Goliath

The Marriage at Cana; Hagar and Ishmal; David and Goliath

Artist not stated in the record · 1775–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Base for a Water Pipe (Huqqa) with Irises

Base for a Water Pipe (Huqqa) with Irises

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Wine Glass with Galloping Horse

Wine Glass with Galloping Horse

Artist not stated in the record · 1780–1789

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Marriage Feast at Cana, by Juan de Flandes

The Marriage Feast at Cana

Juan de Flandes · ca. 1497

Public domainThe Met
The Festival of Pan

The Festival of Pan

Artist not stated in the record · 1648

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 550–500 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Drinking Vessel with Banqueting Youths

Drinking Vessel with Banqueting Youths

Artist not stated in the record · 5th century BC

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass garland bowl

Glass garland bowl

Artist not stated in the record · late 1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1855

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · second half 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Goblet Celebrating the Marriage of Coenraad Jan van Zuylen van Nievelt (1716–67) and Theodora Wilhelmina van Lynden (1727–96)

Goblet Celebrating the Marriage of Coenraad Jan van Zuylen van Nievelt (1716–67) and Theodora Wilhelmina van Lynden (1727–96)

Artist not stated in the record · 1725–1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with a Horseman Spearing a Serpent

Bowl with a Horseman Spearing a Serpent

Artist not stated in the record · late 1300s or early 1400s

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei), by Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763

Sugar Bowl with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei)

Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763 · 1870–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Sugar Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

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. 2459 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. 1906120 matched · 40 examined · 19 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 03:57 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.