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 “Ch. G. Boeckmann” — 64 records examined, 10 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 06:20 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.
The Convent of Frauenalb, by Ch. G. Boeckmann

The Convent of Frauenalb

Ch. G. Boeckmann · 1791

Public domainThe Met
Heliconia ramonensis G.S. Daniels & F.G. Stiles

Heliconia ramonensis G.S. Daniels & F.G. Stiles

Artist not stated in the record · 27 Jan 1987

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Six Crossbow Bolts

Six Crossbow Bolts

Artist not stated in the record · early 16th century; 14.25.1576g, probably 17th or 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Heliconia ramonensis G.S. Daniels & F.G. Stiles

Heliconia ramonensis G.S. Daniels & F.G. Stiles

Artist not stated in the record · 27 Jan 1987

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Uraeus plaque from a string of amulets

Uraeus plaque from a string of amulets

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–945 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Cestrum schlechtendahlii G. Don

Cestrum schlechtendahlii G. Don

Artist not stated in the record · 29 Mar 1984

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bassoon in C, by Jean-Jacques Baumann

Bassoon in C

Jean-Jacques Baumann · ca. 1813–25

Public domainThe Met
Coussarea caroliana Standl.

Coussarea caroliana Standl.

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Dec 1986

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tit (Isis knot) from string of amulets

Tit (Isis knot) from string of amulets

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–945 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Turpinia occidentalis (Sw.) G. Don

Turpinia occidentalis (Sw.) G. Don

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Nov 1986

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wedjat eye from string of amulets

Wedjat eye from string of amulets

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–945 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ficus hartwegii (Miq.) Miq.

Ficus hartwegii (Miq.) Miq.

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Dec 1986

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with a striding man from string of amulets

Plaque with a striding man from string of amulets

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–945 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Stigmatopteris heterophlebia (Baker) R.C. Moran

Stigmatopteris heterophlebia (Baker) R.C. Moran

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Dec 1986

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wadj (papyrus stalk) from string of amulets

Wadj (papyrus stalk) from string of amulets

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–945 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Freziera candicans Tul.

Freziera candicans Tul.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Nov 1986

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Heart (ib) from string of amulets

Heart (ib) from string of amulets

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–945 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Rhipidocladum pittieri (J. Hack.) McClure

Rhipidocladum pittieri (J. Hack.) McClure

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Nov 1986

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wedjat eye from string of amulets

Wedjat eye from string of amulets

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–945 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Diphyscium foliosum (Hedw.) D. Mohr

Diphyscium foliosum (Hedw.) D. Mohr

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Group of 7 amulets

Group of 7 amulets

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–945 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Neurolaena lobata (L.) R. Br. ex Cass.

Neurolaena lobata (L.) R. Br. ex Cass.

Artist not stated in the record · 27 Jan 1987

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
10 Amulets: 1 wedjat, 1 scarab, 3 djed pillars, 1 incised plaque, 1 uraeus, 2 wadj signs, and 1 cylindrical bead

10 Amulets: 1 wedjat, 1 scarab, 3 djed pillars, 1 incised plaque, 1 uraeus, 2 wadj signs, and 1 cylindrical bead

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 990–970 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Pharus latifolius L.

Pharus latifolius L.

Artist not stated in the record · 4 Aug 1987

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. 210 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. 760480 matched · 40 examined · 10 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 2026-08-28 06:20 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.