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 “Design for the Stucco Decoration of a Vaulted Ceiling” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 23:21 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.
Ceiling

Ceiling

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Stucco Decoration of a Vaulted Ceiling

Design for the Stucco Decoration of a Vaulted Ceiling

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1660

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ceiling

Ceiling

Artist not stated in the record · 1450–1500

Public domainThe Met
Five Ceiling Schemes, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Five Ceiling Schemes

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1815–23

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Quilt, Album pattern, by Brown and Turner families

Quilt, Album pattern

Brown and Turner families · begun 1846

Public domainThe Met
Ceiling Design, by Carlo Maria Pozzi

Ceiling Design

Carlo Maria Pozzi · 1708

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
Design for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1790–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dining room from Lansdowne House, by Robert Adam

Dining room from Lansdowne House

Robert Adam · 1766–69

Public domainThe Met
Design for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1790–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Eagle relief, by Toltec artist(s)

Eagle relief

Toltec artist(s) · 900–1200 CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Decoration of Barrel Vaulted Ceiling, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for the Decoration of Barrel Vaulted Ceiling

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1790-1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Glorification of the Barbaro Family

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · ca. 1750

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Stucco Decoration of a Ceiling

Design for the Stucco Decoration of a Ceiling

Artist not stated in the record · 1578–1600

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bedroom from the Sagredo Palace, by Abbondio Stazio

Bedroom from the Sagredo Palace

Abbondio Stazio · ca. 1720 or later

Public domainThe Met
Design for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1790–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seasons and Elements (Fire) (set of four), by Charles Le Brun

Seasons and Elements (Fire) (set of four)

Charles Le Brun · ca. 1683

Public domainThe Met
Design for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1790–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seasons and Elements (Summer) (set of four), by Charles Le Brun

Seasons and Elements (Summer) (set of four)

Charles Le Brun · ca. 1683

Public domainThe Met
Project for the Stucco Decoration of a Circular Ceiling

Project for the Stucco Decoration of a Circular Ceiling

Artist not stated in the record · 1700–1725

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seasons and Elements (Spring) (set of four), by Charles Le Brun

Seasons and Elements (Spring) (set of four)

Charles Le Brun · ca. 1683

Public domainThe Met
Decoration of a Wall and Ceiling to be Executed in Stucco

Decoration of a Wall and Ceiling to be Executed in Stucco

Artist not stated in the record · 1725–50

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1760s

Public domainThe Met
Painted decoration of a vaulted room

Painted decoration of a vaulted room

Artist not stated in the record · 1815–25

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. 6799 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 3972458 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 23:21 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.