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 “Coat of arms of a Pope of the Piccolomini Family” — 64 records examined, 3 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 08:30 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.
Coat of arms of a Pope of the Piccolomini Family

Coat of arms of a Pope of the Piccolomini Family

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1460

Public domainThe Met
Coat of arms of Pope Pius VI, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Coat of arms of Pope Pius VI

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1786

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of Four-Barreled Turnover Percussion Pistols of Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1785–1851), with Pair of Box-Lock Turn-Off Pocket Pistols, Case, and Accessories, by James Purdey the Elder

Pair of Four-Barreled Turnover Percussion Pistols of Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1785–1851), with Pair of Box-Lock Turn-Off Pocket Pistols, Case, and Accessories

James Purdey the Elder · 1831

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Fountain with the Coat-of-Arms of Pope Gregory XVI

Design for a Fountain with the Coat-of-Arms of Pope Gregory XVI

Artist not stated in the record · 1831–1836

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Over-and-Under Flintlock Pocket Pistol of the Hughes of Gwerclas Family with Case and Accessories, by Joseph Egg

Over-and-Under Flintlock Pocket Pistol of the Hughes of Gwerclas Family with Case and Accessories

Joseph Egg · ca. 1815–20

Public domainThe Met
The Coat of Arms of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585)

The Coat of Arms of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585)

Artist not stated in the record · 1580–1590

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (serial no. 20133), with Case and Accessories, by Samuel Colt

Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (serial no. 20133), with Case and Accessories

Samuel Colt · ca. 1853

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Pope Pius VIII (1829-1830)

Portrait of Pope Pius VIII (1829-1830)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1820-1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Harquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683–1706) with Buff Coat, by Richard Holden

Harquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683–1706) with Buff Coat

Richard Holden · ca. 1683 and later; buff coat, 17th–18th century

Public domainThe Met
Altar Tablet with the Arms of Pope Pius VII, by Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819

Altar Tablet with the Arms of Pope Pius VII

Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819 · ca. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armorial dish: Supper at the House of Simon the Pharisee, by Maestro Giorgio Andreoli

Armorial dish: Supper at the House of Simon the Pharisee

Maestro Giorgio Andreoli · 1528

Public domainThe Met
Tablet bearing the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV with shell as background, by Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805

Tablet bearing the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV with shell as background

Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805 · 1740–58

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Presentation Smallsword with Scabbard, by James Morisset

Presentation Smallsword with Scabbard

James Morisset · hallmarked for 1797–98

Public domainThe Met
Altar Tablet with the Arms of Pope Pius VII, by Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819

Altar Tablet with the Arms of Pope Pius VII

Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819 · ca. 1820

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
Mace with Arms of Pope Pius VII, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Mace with Arms of Pope Pius VII

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1815–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of Pellet-Lock Pistols with Case with Accessories, by Charles Moore

Pair of Pellet-Lock Pistols with Case with Accessories

Charles Moore · ca. 1825

Public domainThe Met
Three sketches for a standard of Pope Benedict XIV, by Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786

Three sketches for a standard of Pope Benedict XIV

Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786 · 1740–58

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Brigadier General Daniel Davis (1777–1814) of the New York Militia, by John Targee

Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Brigadier General Daniel Davis (1777–1814) of the New York Militia

John Targee · ca. 1815–17

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Ceiling with the Arms of Pope Clement XI

Design for a Ceiling with the Arms of Pope Clement XI

Artist not stated in the record · 1700–1721

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family, by Master of the Dinteville Allegory

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family

Master of the Dinteville Allegory · 1537

Public domainThe Met
Design for a monument, by Corrado Giaquinto, Italian, 1703 - 1765

Design for a monument

Corrado Giaquinto, Italian, 1703 - 1765 · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406, by Samuel Colt

Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406

Samuel Colt · ca. 1853

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Catafalque for the Memorial Service of a Pope, probably Clement XI

Design for a Catafalque for the Memorial Service of a Pope, probably Clement XI

Artist not stated in the record · 1721

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. 3412 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 3949973 matched · 40 examined · 1 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 2026-09-03 08:30 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.