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 left foot with traces of sandal straps” — 64 records examined, 30 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-31 14:10 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.
Bronze left foot with traces of sandal straps

Bronze left foot with traces of sandal straps

Artist not stated in the record · 1st or 2nd century A.D

Public domainThe Met
Left gold heeled sandal with ankle strap, by Unidentified

Left gold heeled sandal with ankle strap

Unidentified · ca. 1975

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 Sketches of a Foot

Two Sketches of a Foot

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sprite, by Donatello

Sprite

Donatello · 1432

Public domainThe Met
Gold heeled sandals, by Unidentified

Gold heeled sandals

Unidentified · 1970s-1980s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory

Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd quarter of the 6th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Study of Left Foot, by Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909

Study of Left Foot

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Warrior (Musketeer)

Warrior (Musketeer)

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Horse saddle used by stuntman Ernest "Ernie" Robinson

Horse saddle used by stuntman Ernest "Ernie" Robinson

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1971

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Inlays and Shrine Elements

Inlays and Shrine Elements

Artist not stated in the record · 380–30 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Drawing, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Drawing

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1810-1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Prick Spur

Prick Spur

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd–1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Costume worn by Maxine Jones in "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" video, by Danny Flynn

Costume worn by Maxine Jones in "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" video

Danny Flynn · 1992

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Venus Marina, by Girolamo Campagna

Venus Marina

Girolamo Campagna · late 16th century–early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Prosthetic leg worn by Carl Brashear

Prosthetic leg worn by Carl Brashear

Artist not stated in the record · after 1966

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fortuna, by Giambologna

Fortuna

Giambologna · early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Cupid

Cupid

Artist not stated in the record · ca 1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Paris, by Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)

Paris

Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi) · ca. 1518–1524

Public domainThe Met
Women's US Army Service jacket worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown, by Sugarman Uniforms, American

Women's US Army Service jacket worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown

Sugarman Uniforms, American · 1980

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Spinario, by Antonello Gagini

Spinario

Antonello Gagini · early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Costume worn by Terry Ellis in "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" video, by Danny Flynn

Costume worn by Terry Ellis in "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" video

Danny Flynn · 1992

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) · ca. 1455–60

Public domainThe Met
Study of a Left Foot, by Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909

Study of a Left Foot

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

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. 43 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 2902332 matched · 40 examined · 27 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 2026-08-31 14:10 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.