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 “Church Queen ticket from the home of H.C. Anderson” — 64 records examined, 17 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 17:50 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.
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, by Hendrick ter Brugghen

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen · ca. 1624–25

Public domainThe Met
Church Queen ticket from the home of H.C. Anderson

Church Queen ticket from the home of H.C. Anderson

Artist not stated in the record · mid 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft, by Emanuel de Witte

Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft

Emanuel de Witte · probably 1650

Public domainThe Met
Concerned Citizens Voters League Card from the home of H.C. Anderson, by Unidentified

Concerned Citizens Voters League Card from the home of H.C. Anderson

Unidentified · 1994

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, by The Limbourg Brothers

The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry

The Limbourg Brothers · 1405–1408/1409

Public domainThe Met
Receipt from Photo Supply Ltd. from the studio of H.C. Anderson, by Unidentified

Receipt from Photo Supply Ltd. from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Unidentified · 1981

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stained Glass Panel with Queen Kunigunde

Stained Glass Panel with Queen Kunigunde

Artist not stated in the record · 1340–50

Public domainThe Met
Address stamp from the studio of H.C. Anderson, by Unidentified

Address stamp from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Unidentified · ca. 1980

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France, by Jean Pucelle

The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France

Jean Pucelle · ca. 1324–28

Public domainThe Met
Focus scope from the studio of H.C. Anderson, by Unidentified

Focus scope from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Unidentified · 1948 - 1970s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, by Jan van Eyck

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck · ca. 1436–38

Public domainThe Met
Darkroom timer from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Darkroom timer from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Artist not stated in the record · 1950s - 1960s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Allegory of the Catholic Faith, by Johannes Vermeer

Allegory of the Catholic Faith

Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1670–72

Public domainThe Met
Camera filter from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Camera filter from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Artist not stated in the record · 1950s - 1970s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
Light meter from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Light meter from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Artist not stated in the record · 1950s - 1970s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Hunters Enter the Woods (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

The Hunters Enter the Woods (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · 1495–1505

Public domainThe Met
Camera from the studio of H.C. Anderson, by Graflex Inc., 1887 - 1973

Camera from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Graflex Inc., 1887 - 1973 · 1947 - 1955

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families, by Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia)

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia) · ca. 1449

Public domainThe Met
Film box from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Film box from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1970

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560), by Hans Holbein the Younger

Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)

Hans Holbein the Younger · 1532

Public domainThe Met
Light reflector from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Light reflector from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Artist not stated in the record · 1950s - 1970s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Sir James Scudamore (1558–1619), by Jacob Halder

Armor of Sir James Scudamore (1558–1619)

Jacob Halder · ca. 1595–96; restored and completed, 1915

Public domainThe Met
Camera from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Camera from the studio of H.C. Anderson

Artist not stated in the record · 1960s

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. 166 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. 3090307 matched · 40 examined · 17 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 17:50 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.