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 “Charles David” — 64 records examined, 32 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 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.
Head of King David

Head of King David

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1145

Public domainThe Met
David Ramsay, by Charles Fraser, 1782 - 1860

David Ramsay

Charles Fraser, 1782 - 1860 · c. 1835

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with Four Angels, by Gerard David

Virgin and Child with Four Angels

Gerard David · ca. 1510–15

Public domainThe Met
D. Hayes Agnew, by Charles Robson, c. 1840 - 9 Oct 1881

D. Hayes Agnew

Charles Robson, c. 1840 - 9 Oct 1881 · c. 1876

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate with David Slaying a Lion

Plate with David Slaying a Lion

Artist not stated in the record · 629–630

Public domainThe Met
David Wiley, by Charles Peale Polk, 17 Mar 1767 - 6 May 1822

David Wiley

Charles Peale Polk, 17 Mar 1767 - 6 May 1822 · c. 1801

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
David Henshaw, by Charles Fenderich, 1805 - 1887

David Henshaw

Charles Fenderich, 1805 - 1887 · 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836), by Jacques Louis David

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836)

Jacques Louis David · 1788

Public domainThe Met
David Ramsay, by Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827

David Ramsay

Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827 · 1771

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Death of Socrates, by Jacques Louis David

The Death of Socrates

Jacques Louis David · 1787

Public domainThe Met
Civil War Naval Officers, by Unidentified Artist

Civil War Naval Officers

Unidentified Artist · c. 1862

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate, by Gerard David

Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate

Gerard David · ca. 1510

Public domainThe Met
Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, David Copperfield and Traddles, from "David Copperfield", by Charles Dana Gibson, born Roxbury, MA 1867-died New York City 1944

Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, David Copperfield and Traddles, from "David Copperfield"

Charles Dana Gibson, born Roxbury, MA 1867-died New York City 1944 · 1897-1905

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus, by Gerard David

Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus

Gerard David · ca. 1510

Public domainThe Met
David Rittenhouse, by Edward Savage, 26 Nov 1761 - 6 Jul 1817

David Rittenhouse

Edward Savage, 26 Nov 1761 - 6 Jul 1817 · 1796

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate with the Arming of David

Plate with the Arming of David

Artist not stated in the record · 629–630

Public domainThe Met
David Rittenhouse, by Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827

David Rittenhouse

Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827 · 1796

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519–56), by Peter Peck

Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519–56)

Peter Peck · ca. 1540–45

Public domainThe Met
David Reedy, by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 12 Mar 1770 - 23 Jun 1852

David Reedy

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 12 Mar 1770 - 23 Jun 1852 · 1798

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath

Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath

Artist not stated in the record · 629–30

Public domainThe Met
David Glasgow Farragut, by Charles DeForest Fredricks, 11 Dec 1823 - 25 May 1894

David Glasgow Farragut

Charles DeForest Fredricks, 11 Dec 1823 - 25 May 1894 · c. 1863

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Joshua and David (from the Heroes Tapestries)

Joshua and David (from the Heroes Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1400–1410

Public domainThe Met
David Vann - A Cherokee Chief, by Alfred M. Hoffy, active 1835 - 1864

David Vann - A Cherokee Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, active 1835 - 1864 · 1843

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. 1604 matched · 24 examined · 5 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. 212245 matched · 40 examined · 27 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 2026-09-04 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.