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 “Cartouche with War Motifs” — 64 records examined, 3 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-07 02:50 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.
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche with War Motifs

Cartouche with War Motifs

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th–mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with Character for “Longevity” and Assorted Treasure Motifs

Bowl with Character for “Longevity” and Assorted Treasure Motifs

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th century

Public domainThe Met
FLAMBEAUX, by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

FLAMBEAUX

Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820 · 1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill, by Pieter Claesz

Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill

Pieter Claesz · 1628

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche with Sea Motifs

Cartouche with Sea Motifs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1739–1796

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Flims Room

The Flims Room

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1682–84

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche with Chinoiserie Motifs

Cartouche with Chinoiserie Motifs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saber

Saber

Artist not stated in the record · blade, 18th–19th century; guard and decoration on blade, 19th century; grip, 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche with Chinoiserie Motifs, by Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769

Cartouche with Chinoiserie Motifs

Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769 · ca. 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jewelry Elements

Jewelry Elements

Artist not stated in the record · late 14th–16th century

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche with Chinoiserie Motifs

Cartouche with Chinoiserie Motifs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cassone

Cassone

Artist not stated in the record · second half of the 16th century (rebuilt, with replacements)

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche with Chinoiserie Motifs, by Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769

Cartouche with Chinoiserie Motifs

Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769 · ca. 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, by Albrecht Dürer

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Albrecht Dürer · probably 1519

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche with Sea Motifs, Plate B

Cartouche with Sea Motifs, Plate B

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jug with coat-of-arms of the Cleminius Family, by Abraham Helmhack

Jug with coat-of-arms of the Cleminius Family

Abraham Helmhack · ca. 1700

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche with Sea Motifs, Plate B

Cartouche with Sea Motifs, Plate B

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Doorway from Moutiers-Saint-Jean

Doorway from Moutiers-Saint-Jean

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche with Chinoiserie Motifs, by Thomas Vivarés, British, 1735 - 1810

Cartouche with Chinoiserie Motifs

Thomas Vivarés, British, 1735 - 1810 · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea chest, by Abraham Roentgen

Tea chest

Abraham Roentgen · ca. 1750–55

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755

Title Page

François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755 · 1736

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Qur'an Bookbinding Inset with Turquoise

Qur'an Bookbinding Inset with Turquoise

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche Design, by Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809

Cartouche Design

Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809 · ca.1760–75

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. 418 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. 268186 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 2026-09-07 02:50 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.