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 “Canopied Seat” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 22:39 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.
Canopied Seat

Canopied Seat

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1500

Public domainThe Met
La Couronnement de la Rosiere, by Jean-Baptiste Huët, French, 1745–1811

La Couronnement de la Rosiere

Jean-Baptiste Huët, French, 1745–1811 · 1789–92

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Triple Choir Stall with Canopy

Triple Choir Stall with Canopy

Artist not stated in the record · 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Interior of Walter's castle, stage design for act V of Giuseppe Verdi's "Luisa Miller," produced at Teatro San Carlo, Naples, by Vincenzo Baldini, Italian, 1809 - 1881

Interior of Walter's castle, stage design for act V of Giuseppe Verdi's "Luisa Miller," produced at Teatro San Carlo, Naples

Vincenzo Baldini, Italian, 1809 - 1881 · ca. 1849

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Woman seated on iron garden seat with canopy, by Ferdinand Kirchgessner

Woman seated on iron garden seat with canopy

Ferdinand Kirchgessner · 1854

Public domainThe Met
Cinquiéme Journée. Feu d’artifice sur le Canal de Versailles (Day Five. Fireworks on the Canal of Versailles), by Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682

Cinquiéme Journée. Feu d’artifice sur le Canal de Versailles (Day Five. Fireworks on the Canal of Versailles)

Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682 · 1676

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Papier-mâché side chair

Papier-mâché side chair

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830–60

Public domainThe Met
The Production of Silk, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

The Production of Silk

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1590

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Papier-mâché side chair

Papier-mâché side chair

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830–60

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design, Interior of Palace

Stage Design, Interior of Palace

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Papier-mâché side chair

Papier-mâché side chair

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830–60

Public domainThe Met
Christ before Annas, from The Little Passion Series

Christ before Annas, from The Little Passion Series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1509–1511

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Papier-mâchè side chair

Papier-mâchè side chair

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830–60

Public domainThe Met
Christ before Caiaphas, from The Little Passion Series

Christ before Caiaphas, from The Little Passion Series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1509–1511

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Papier-mâchè side chair

Papier-mâchè side chair

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830–60

Public domainThe Met
Thetis, by Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722

Thetis

Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722 · 1729–37

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Papier-mâchè side chair

Papier-mâchè side chair

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830–60

Public domainThe Met
The Marriage Feast at Cana, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

The Marriage Feast at Cana

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · 1589 or before

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gondola armchair

Gondola armchair

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830–60

Public domainThe Met
Decorative Frame; verso: Frieze with Pageant

Decorative Frame; verso: Frieze with Pageant

Artist not stated in the record · early 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Joseph (from a group with the Adoration of the Magi)

Joseph (from a group with the Adoration of the Magi)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1175–1200

Public domainThe Met
Illustration for the Poem 'Ode on the Spring', by Thomas Gray, British, 1716 – 1771

Illustration for the Poem 'Ode on the Spring'

Thomas Gray, British, 1716 – 1771 · 1753

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sculpture of a Wise Man (from a Group with the Adoration of the Magi)

Sculpture of a Wise Man (from a Group with the Adoration of the Magi)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1175–1200

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722

Title Page

Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722 · 1749–61

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. 73 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. 15328 matched · 40 examined · 1 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 2026-09-02 22:39 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.