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 “Corbel with Female Figure with Clasped Hands” — 64 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 23:23 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.
Corbel with Female Figure with Clasped Hands

Corbel with Female Figure with Clasped Hands

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1150–1200

Public domainThe Met
Female Nude, by James Wells Champney, American, 1843–1903

Female Nude

James Wells Champney, American, 1843–1903 · ca. 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Figure

Figure

Artist not stated in the record · 2200–2000 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Triumphal Arch Design, by D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647

Triumphal Arch Design

D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647 · 1647

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon

Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1347–1330 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Study of Woman Praying for "Communion of the Sick", by Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

Study of Woman Praying for "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906 · 1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
'Otua fefine (deity figure), by Ha'apai Islands artist

'Otua fefine (deity figure)

Ha'apai Islands artist · Early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Title Page: Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs, by Pierre Moreau, French, 170? – 1762

Title Page: Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs

Pierre Moreau, French, 170? – 1762 · ca. 1767

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kneeling female figure, by Mexica artist(s)

Kneeling female figure

Mexica artist(s) · 1325–1521 CE

Public domainThe Met
Doorway Design, by D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647

Doorway Design

D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647 · 1647

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Female Figure

Female Figure

Artist not stated in the record · late 3rd millennium BCE

Public domainThe Met
Superbe POELE formant meuble et décore, multipliant les tuyaux de chaleur par le même proceed que celui du No. 6; pouvant s’ajuster devant une glace; que l’on peut renvoyer par un bouton, dans une boiserie à coulisse, et qui peut découvrir une croisée, dont la situation offre une belle vue. Il est impossible de décrire tous les changemens et avantages dont ce Poële est susceptible., by Louis Bosse, French, active ca. 1767 – 1777

Superbe POELE formant meuble et décore, multipliant les tuyaux de chaleur par le même proceed que celui du No. 6; pouvant s’ajuster devant une glace; que l’on peut renvoyer par un bouton, dans une boiserie à coulisse, et qui peut découvrir une croisée, dont la situation offre une belle vue. Il est impossible de décrire tous les changemens et avantages dont ce Poële est susceptible.

Louis Bosse, French, active ca. 1767 – 1777 · ca. 1791

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smiling figure (Sonriente), by South central Veracruz artist(s)

Smiling figure (Sonriente)

South central Veracruz artist(s) · 600–1000 CE

Public domainThe Met
Putti and Winged Figure

Putti and Winged Figure

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Master of the Female Half-Lengths

Virgin and Child

Master of the Female Half-Lengths · ca. 1525–50

Public domainThe Met
Nude Male Figure, Study for "Communion of the Sick", by Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

Nude Male Figure, Study for "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906 · 1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated female

Seated female

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 5600–5000 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Doorway or Triumphal Arch Design, by D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647

Doorway or Triumphal Arch Design

D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647 · 1647

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Female figure from an obu (house of images), by Igbo artist

Female figure from an obu (house of images)

Igbo artist · Late 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Figure Studies, by Carlo Bononi, Italian, 1569–1632

Figure Studies

Carlo Bononi, Italian, 1569–1632 · 1600–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Young Man, by Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)

Portrait of a Young Man

Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano) · 1530s

Public domainThe Met
Ace of Spades, by E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

Ace of Spades

E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
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
Elevation of Salt Cellars, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Elevation of Salt Cellars

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1800-1825

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. 780 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. 814006 matched · 40 examined · 6 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 2026-08-26 23:23 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.