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 “Boys with leaves and boxes” — 64 records examined, 20 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-08 20:07 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.
Boys with leaves and boxes

Boys with leaves and boxes

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Water color; A fruit stall in Naples at Christmas, by Saverio della Gatta, Italian, 1777 - 1829

Water color; A fruit stall in Naples at Christmas

Saverio della Gatta, Italian, 1777 - 1829 · 1828

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Settee, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Settee

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema · ca. 1885

Public domainThe Met
Little Boy Blue, by Grace Lincoln Temple, 1865–1953

Little Boy Blue

Grace Lincoln Temple, 1865–1953 · 1890–1892

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Boy with leaves and box

Boy with leaves and box

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for Ceiling Ornament, by François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

Design for Ceiling Ornament

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768 · 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Boy with leaves and box

Boy with leaves and box

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Two Sleeping Children with Sheep, by François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

Two Sleeping Children with Sheep

François Boucher, French, 1703–1770 · 1758–63

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of tea caddies and a sugar box in a case, by Paul de Lamerie

Pair of tea caddies and a sugar box in a case

Paul de Lamerie · 1738/39

Public domainThe Met
Girandole (Candelabra) Design, by Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

Girandole (Candelabra) Design

Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790 · 1775–94

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Toilet box containing three smaller boxes, by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

Toilet box containing three smaller boxes

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1761

Public domainThe Met
Woman's gloves

Woman's gloves

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel), by Etienne LeNoir

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Flora, with a Boy

Flora, with a Boy

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760–1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cosmetic Box (Tebako) with Chrysanthemum Flowers

Cosmetic Box (Tebako) with Chrysanthemum Flowers

Artist not stated in the record · first half of the 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Vase, Busts, and Arabesques Ornament Designs, by Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802

Vase, Busts, and Arabesques Ornament Designs

Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802 · 1788

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
Waistcoat

Waistcoat

Artist not stated in the record · 1785–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls

Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls

Artist not stated in the record · 15th–16th century

Public domainThe Met
Photographic postcard of a boy wearing a double-breasted jacket and breeches

Photographic postcard of a boy wearing a double-breasted jacket and breeches

Artist not stated in the record · early 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stacked Food Box (Jūbako) with Taro Plants and Chrysanthemums, by Shibata Zeshin

Stacked Food Box (Jūbako) with Taro Plants and Chrysanthemums

Shibata Zeshin · mid-19th century

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

Design for a clock

Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Canopic box of Hatnefer

Canopic box of Hatnefer

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1473 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Ornament and Cases, by Pierre Bourdon, French, ca. 1656 – 1708 after

Designs for Ornament and Cases

Pierre Bourdon, French, ca. 1656 – 1708 after · ca. 1703

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. 782 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. 1536828 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 2026-09-08 20:07 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.