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 “Bronze head of a youth” — 64 records examined, 10 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 06:13 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.
Mantel clock with musical movement, by Jean-Baptiste-André Furet

Mantel clock with musical movement

Jean-Baptiste-André Furet · ca. 1784

Public domainThe Met
Three Graces, by Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797

Three Graces

Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797 · 1803

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bronze head of a youth

Bronze head of a youth

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 200 BCE–200 CE

Public domainThe Met
Head of a Turbaned Youth

Head of a Turbaned Youth

Artist not stated in the record · 1730–40

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bronze head of a youth

Bronze head of a youth

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 480–470 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Head of a Buddha

Head of a Buddha

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bronze head of a youth

Bronze head of a youth

Artist not stated in the record · 3rd quarter of the 5th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sketch of Youth's Head, by Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909

Sketch of Youth's Head

Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909 · ca. 1895

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (pendule en cartel), by Jean Godde l'aîné

Wall clock (pendule en cartel)

Jean Godde l'aîné · ca. 1740–45

Public domainThe Met
Two Views of the Head of a Youth

Two Views of the Head of a Youth

Artist not stated in the record · 1795–1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Commode, by André Charles Boulle

Commode

André Charles Boulle · ca. 1710–20

Public domainThe Met
Head of Marquis de Lafayette (Lafayette Monument, Paris, France), by Paul Wayland Bartlett, born New Haven, CT 1865-died Paris, France 1925

Head of Marquis de Lafayette (Lafayette Monument, Paris, France)

Paul Wayland Bartlett, born New Haven, CT 1865-died Paris, France 1925 · modeled 1899-1907

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Low cabinet (meuble à hauteur d'appui) (one of a pair), by André Charles Boulle

Low cabinet (meuble à hauteur d'appui) (one of a pair)

André Charles Boulle · late 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Recto: Coronation of the Virgin, by Belisario Corenzio, Italian, active 1590–1646

Recto: Coronation of the Virgin

Belisario Corenzio, Italian, active 1590–1646 · ca. 1630

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Low cabinet (meuble à hauteur d'appui) (one of a pair), by André Charles Boulle

Low cabinet (meuble à hauteur d'appui) (one of a pair)

André Charles Boulle · late 18th century

Public domainThe Met
A Youth Playing the Pipes, by Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916

A Youth Playing the Pipes

Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916 · (1883/cast 1930)

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head), by Polykleitos

Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head)

Polykleitos · ca. 69–96 CE

Public domainThe Met
A Youthful Pilgrim

A Youthful Pilgrim

Artist not stated in the record · 1575–1600

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bronze helmet

Bronze helmet

Artist not stated in the record · late 7th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Diana and Actaeon [above]; Dido and Aeneas Shelter from the Storm [below], by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Diana and Actaeon [above]; Dido and Aeneas Shelter from the Storm [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1589 – 1605

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sword and Scabbard

Sword and Scabbard

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 60 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Fountain in bronze, by Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

Fountain in bronze

Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923 · ca. 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two wall sconces (Bras de cheminée), by Jean-Claude Duplessis

Two wall sconces (Bras de cheminée)

Jean-Claude Duplessis · ca. 1761

Public domainThe Met
Mantle Clock Supported by a Hotei ("Laughing Buddha"), by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Mantle Clock Supported by a Hotei ("Laughing Buddha")

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · 1740–45

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. 3347 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. 3872323 matched · 40 examined · 10 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 06:13 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.