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 “Cabinet with scenes from the Life of Joseph” — 64 records examined, 12 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 03:37 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.
Cabinet, by Herman Doomer

Cabinet

Herman Doomer · ca. 1640–50

Public domainThe Met
Cabinet card of Frederick Douglass with his grandson Joseph Douglass

Cabinet card of Frederick Douglass with his grandson Joseph Douglass

Artist not stated in the record · May 10, 1894

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cabinet with scenes from the Life of Joseph

Cabinet with scenes from the Life of Joseph

Artist not stated in the record · third quarter 17th century

Public domainThe Met
L’ÉCOLE DES FILLES, by François Chéreau, the younger, French, 1717 – 1755

L’ÉCOLE DES FILLES

François Chéreau, the younger, French, 1717 – 1755 · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Game Piece with a Scene from the Life of Apollonius of Tyre

Game Piece with a Scene from the Life of Apollonius of Tyre

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1170

Public domainThe Met
View of the Dining Hall in Magdalen College, Oxford, by Joseph Nash The Elder, British, 1808 - 1878

View of the Dining Hall in Magdalen College, Oxford

Joseph Nash The Elder, British, 1808 - 1878 · 1856

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Adoration of the Magi from Seven Scenes from the Life of Christ

Adoration of the Magi from Seven Scenes from the Life of Christ

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1390

Public domainThe Met
cabinet

cabinet

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Adoration of the Magi from Seven Scenes from the Life of Christ

Adoration of the Magi from Seven Scenes from the Life of Christ

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1390

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739

Title Page

Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Medal cabinet, by William Vile

Medal cabinet

William Vile · 1760–61

Public domainThe Met
Icon, by Ethiopian Orthodox

Icon

Ethiopian Orthodox · ca. 1630-1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roundel with Scenes of the Attack on the Castle of Love

Roundel with Scenes of the Attack on the Castle of Love

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1320–40

Public domainThe Met
Cabinet card of Chaplain Allen Allensworth

Cabinet card of Chaplain Allen Allensworth

Artist not stated in the record · January 15, 1889

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
Design for a Niche with a Buffet, by Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739

Design for a Niche with a Buffet

Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scenes from the Life of Saint Augustine of Hippo, by Master of Saint Augustine

Scenes from the Life of Saint Augustine of Hippo

Master of Saint Augustine · ca. 1490

Public domainThe Met
Emery Chamberlain's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church Certificate by Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Company, by Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Company

Emery Chamberlain's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church Certificate by Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Company

Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Company · ca 1867

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine, by Théodore Chassériau

Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine

Théodore Chassériau · 1851

Public domainThe Met
Cartoon for cotton printing: Six Scenes from the Life of Jeanne d'Arc, by Charles Abraham Chasselat, French, 1782–1843

Cartoon for cotton printing: Six Scenes from the Life of Jeanne d'Arc

Charles Abraham Chasselat, French, 1782–1843 · 1817

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box with Romance Scenes

Box with Romance Scenes

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1310–30

Public domainThe Met
Vue des trumeaux du même Cabinet; Vue des trumeaux du même Cabinet, 3rd Plate, by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750

Vue des trumeaux du même Cabinet; Vue des trumeaux du même Cabinet, 3rd Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750 · 1742–48

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, by Hendrick ter Brugghen

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen · ca. 1624–25

Public domainThe Met
An Attack upon China, by Hickman, Nathaniel

An Attack upon China

Hickman, Nathaniel · n.d.

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. 3441 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. 3135500 matched · 40 examined · 11 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 2026-09-05 03:37 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.