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 “Cuff Band with Bust of a Female” — 64 records examined, 16 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 05:17 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.
Cuff Band with Bust of a Female

Cuff Band with Bust of a Female

Artist not stated in the record · late 7th–9th century

Public domainThe Met
Cream silk dress with metallic embroidery and front overskirt

Cream silk dress with metallic embroidery and front overskirt

Artist not stated in the record · 1980s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta bust of a female figure

Terracotta bust of a female figure

Artist not stated in the record · 7th–6th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Brown bodice and skirt with green silk trim, by Unidentified

Brown bodice and skirt with green silk trim

Unidentified · ca.1895

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement, by Fra Filippo Lippi

Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement

Fra Filippo Lippi · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
Quilted white blouse with beaded embellishment

Quilted white blouse with beaded embellishment

Artist not stated in the record · 1980s - 1990s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gold ring with a carnelian or glass intaglio

Gold ring with a carnelian or glass intaglio

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd–3rd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Peach and gold sequin dress designed by Peter Davy, by Peter Davy, Saint Vincentian, 1944 - 1990

Peach and gold sequin dress designed by Peter Davy

Peter Davy, Saint Vincentian, 1944 - 1990 · 1980s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fertility goddess with floral band, by Mexica artist(s)

Fertility goddess with floral band

Mexica artist(s) · 1325–1521 CE

Public domainThe Met
Gloves

Gloves

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bone pin head with female bust

Bone pin head with female bust

Artist not stated in the record · 1st–2nd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Coral collared dress with embellishments and detachable train, by Mme. Berthe

Coral collared dress with embellishments and detachable train

Mme. Berthe · 1930s-1950s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reliquary Bust of a Female Saint

Reliquary Bust of a Female Saint

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1520–30

Public domainThe Met
Purple velvet coat with fur collar and cuffs, by Stewart & Company, American

Purple velvet coat with fur collar and cuffs

Stewart & Company, American · 1920s-1930s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59), by Jean Cousin the Elder

Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)

Jean Cousin the Elder · ca. 1555

Public domainThe Met
Black pigeon breast bodice with cording applique, by Unidentified

Black pigeon breast bodice with cording applique

Unidentified · 1900s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Eyema byeri (reliquary guardian figure), by Okak-Fang artist

Eyema byeri (reliquary guardian figure)

Okak-Fang artist · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Ivory wedding dress with bows and sequin floral decoration with detachable train, by Bryan K. Osburn, American

Ivory wedding dress with bows and sequin floral decoration with detachable train

Bryan K. Osburn, American · 1993-1999

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Poporo (lime container) with female figures, by Quimbaya artist(s)

Poporo (lime container) with female figures

Quimbaya artist(s) · 1–600 CE

Public domainThe Met
US Cavalry officer's uniform riding pants worn by John H. Alexander, by John G. Haas, American

US Cavalry officer's uniform riding pants worn by John H. Alexander

John G. Haas, American · ca. 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
America, by Hiram Powers

America

Hiram Powers · 1850–54; carved after 1854

Public domainThe Met
Undersleeves

Undersleeves

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Francesco Bocchetta, by Alessandro Vittoria (Alessandro Vittoria di Vigilio della Volpa)

Francesco Bocchetta

Alessandro Vittoria (Alessandro Vittoria di Vigilio della Volpa) · ca. 1565–90

Public domainThe Met
Bands

Bands

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

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. 468 matched · 24 examined · 7 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. 4242459 matched · 40 examined · 9 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 05:17 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.