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 “Brahma with Silver Eyes” — 64 records examined, 24 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 09:43 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.
Brahma with Silver Eyes

Brahma with Silver Eyes

Artist not stated in the record · 9th century

Public domainThe Met
Costume worn by Nona Hendryx of Labelle, by Larry LeGaspi, American, 1950 - 2001

Costume worn by Nona Hendryx of Labelle

Larry LeGaspi, American, 1950 - 2001 · 1975

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Helmet (Sallet)

Helmet (Sallet)

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

Public domainThe Met
Singer model 66 treadle sewing machine and motor from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

Singer model 66 treadle sewing machine and motor from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

Artist not stated in the record · 1921

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bronze statuette of an artisan with silver eyes

Bronze statuette of an artisan with silver eyes

Artist not stated in the record · ca. mid-1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Makeup case used by makeup artist Bernadine M. Anderson, by Unidentified

Makeup case used by makeup artist Bernadine M. Anderson

Unidentified · 1970s - 1990s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Celestial globe with clockwork, by Gerhard Emmoser

Celestial globe with clockwork

Gerhard Emmoser · 1579

Public domainThe Met
Wedding Ceremony with Brahma in Attendance

Wedding Ceremony with Brahma in Attendance

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1680

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Diana and the Stag, by Joachim Friess

Diana and the Stag

Joachim Friess · ca. 1620

Public domainThe Met
Carving Knife with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal, by Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818

Carving Knife with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal

Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818 · 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated satyr with silvered eyes, by Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Seated satyr with silvered eyes

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio · second quarter of the 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Carving Knife with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal, by Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818

Carving Knife with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal

Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818 · 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Funerary mask, by Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s)

Funerary mask

Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s) · 900–1100 CE

Public domainThe Met
Knife Sharpener with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal, by Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818

Knife Sharpener with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal

Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818 · 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Crowned Buddha

Crowned Buddha

Artist not stated in the record · 10th–11th century

Public domainThe Met
Snuff Box in Shape of a Moor's Head

Snuff Box in Shape of a Moor's Head

Artist not stated in the record · mid-18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coin cabinet, by Charles Percier

Coin cabinet

Charles Percier · ca. 1809–19

Public domainThe Met
German Violin Bow (3/4 size)

German Violin Bow (3/4 size)

Artist not stated in the record · 1898-1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of eyes

Pair of eyes

Artist not stated in the record · 5th century BCE or later

Public domainThe Met
Carving Fork with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal, by Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818

Carving Fork with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal

Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818 · 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Carving Fork with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal, by Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818

Carving Fork with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal

Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818 · 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future

Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future

Artist not stated in the record · 7th century

Public domainThe Met
French Violin Bow

French Violin Bow

Artist not stated in the record · 1898-1902

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. 917 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. 333986 matched · 40 examined · 24 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 2026-08-27 09:43 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.