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. 21 shown for “Chisinau Court Workshop” — 64 records examined, 30 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-30 08:13 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.
Ewer and basin (lavabo set), by Chisinau Court Workshop

Ewer and basin (lavabo set)

Chisinau Court Workshop · ca. 1680–85

Public domainThe Met
Quercus robur L.

Quercus robur L.

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Aug 1938

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Short Sword (Yatagan) from the Court of Süleyman the Magnificent (reigned 1520–66), by Ahmed Tekelü

Short Sword (Yatagan) from the Court of Süleyman the Magnificent (reigned 1520–66)

Ahmed Tekelü · ca. 1525–30

Public domainThe Met
Sporobolus alopecuroides (Piller & Mitterp.) P.M. Peterson

Sporobolus alopecuroides (Piller & Mitterp.) P.M. Peterson

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Aug 1948

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tenor Recorder, by Bassano

Tenor Recorder

Bassano · ca. 1600

Public domainThe Met
Anemone richardsonii Hook.

Anemone richardsonii Hook.

Artist not stated in the record · 18 Apr 1949

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tapestry Room from Croome Court, by Robert Adam

Tapestry Room from Croome Court

Robert Adam · 1763–71

Public domainThe Met
Potentilla supina L.

Potentilla supina L.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Oct 1948

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Royal processions, ceremonies and entertainments, by Court of King Mindon or Thibaw, or associated workshops

Royal processions, ceremonies and entertainments

Court of King Mindon or Thibaw, or associated workshops · 1870s–1880s

Public domainThe Met
Potentilla subacaulis L.

Potentilla subacaulis L.

Artist not stated in the record · 25 Apr 1949

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), by Robert Campin

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Robert Campin · ca. 1427–32

Public domainThe Met
Potentilla reptans L.

Potentilla reptans L.

Artist not stated in the record · 25 Aug 1948

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armet, by Missaglia workshop

Armet

Missaglia workshop · ca. 1475

Public domainThe Met
Ranunculus repens L.

Ranunculus repens L.

Artist not stated in the record · 21 May 1952

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Snuffbox, by Miotti Family Workshop

Snuffbox

Miotti Family Workshop · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Onobrychis arenaria (Kit.) DC.

Onobrychis arenaria (Kit.) DC.

Artist not stated in the record · 17 Aug 1949

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Trompe de chasse "Dauphine", by Cretien workshop, Paris (c.1690 – post 1737)

Trompe de chasse "Dauphine"

Cretien workshop, Paris (c.1690 – post 1737) · ca. 1700

Public domainThe Met
Spiraea filipendula L.

Spiraea filipendula L.

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Jun 1948

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stage Design, Interior of Prison Court

Stage Design, Interior of Prison Court

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scenes from Life of the Buddha, by King Mindon

Scenes from Life of the Buddha

King Mindon · 1880s

Public domainThe Met
Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47), by Royal Workshops at Greenwich

Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)

Royal Workshops at Greenwich · dated 1527

Public domainThe Met
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. 592 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. 4589 matched · 40 examined · 30 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.10 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-30 08:13 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.