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 “Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Landscape, Pomegranate Leaves and Fruit” — 61 records examined, 0 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 08:07 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.
Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Landscape, Pomegranate Leaves and Fruit

Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Landscape, Pomegranate Leaves and Fruit

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Puzza tenant son fils Horus Divinitéz qui préside aux grains et fruits Chez les Chinois, by François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755

Puzza tenant son fils Horus Divinitéz qui préside aux grains et fruits Chez les Chinois

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Old Man and Woman (Jo and Uba) and Pine Trees (from Noh Play "Takasago Spirits of the Pine"), by Minsetsusai Kyuho

Case (Inrō) with Design of Old Man and Woman (Jo and Uba) and Pine Trees (from Noh Play "Takasago Spirits of the Pine")

Minsetsusai Kyuho · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Hand Fan Design with a Chinoiserie Landscape and Ornament, by Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769

Hand Fan Design with a Chinoiserie Landscape and Ornament

Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769 · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Joos van Cleve

Virgin and Child

Joos van Cleve · ca. 1525

Public domainThe Met
A Family in a Landscape, by Charles Leviez, French, 1708–1778

A Family in a Landscape

Charles Leviez, French, 1708–1778 · 1760-1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille, by Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano)

Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille

Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano) · ca. 1485–95

Public domainThe Met
Two Mantel Clock Case Designs, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Two Mantel Clock Case Designs

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1738

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Landscape

Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Landscape

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

Title Page

Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790 · 1774–88

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, by Gerard David

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Gerard David · ca. 1512–15

Public domainThe Met
Two Designs for Hand Fans, by Bellay, French, active from 1734

Two Designs for Hand Fans

Bellay, French, active from 1734 · ca.1734–37

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Mountain Landscape with Buildings beside Rocks

Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Mountain Landscape with Buildings beside Rocks

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Comb

Design for a Comb

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Pomegranate Branches and Fruits

Case (Inrō) with Design of Pomegranate Branches and Fruits

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Cap streamers

Cap streamers

Artist not stated in the record · 1700–1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Landscape with a Building (obverse); Waterfall with Cloud Bands (reverse)

Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Landscape with a Building (obverse); Waterfall with Cloud Bands (reverse)

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Flounce

Flounce

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Landscape with Floral Band and Stylized Character

Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Landscape with Floral Band and Stylized Character

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Panel Design (Left Plate), by Bellay, French, active from 1734

Panel Design (Left Plate)

Bellay, French, active from 1734 · ca.1734-49

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Buildings in a Mountain Landscape (obverse); Boats on Waves in a Mountain Landscape (reverse)

Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese-Style Buildings in a Mountain Landscape (obverse); Boats on Waves in a Mountain Landscape (reverse)

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Band

Band

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Parrot on Swing (obverse) Basket of Pomegranates (reverse)

Case (Inrō) with Design of Parrot on Swing (obverse) Basket of Pomegranates (reverse)

Artist not stated in the record · 18th–19th century

Public domainThe Met
Panel Design (Right Plate), by Bellay, French, active from 1734

Panel Design (Right Plate)

Bellay, French, active from 1734 · ca.1734-49

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. 21 matched · 21 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. 19466 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 2026-08-27 08:07 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.