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. 21 shown for “Devidasa of Nurpur” — 56 records examined, 26 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 06:11 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.
Shiva and Parvati Playing Chaupar: Folio from a Rasamanjari Series, by Devidasa of Nurpur

Shiva and Parvati Playing Chaupar: Folio from a Rasamanjari Series

Devidasa of Nurpur · dated 1694–95

Public domainThe Met
Shiva and Parvati on a tiger skin: Anakūl Nayaka folio from a Rasamanjari, by Attributed to Golu, son of Devidasa

Shiva and Parvati on a tiger skin: Anakūl Nayaka folio from a Rasamanjari

Attributed to Golu, son of Devidasa · ca. 1710 - ca. 1715

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Courtesan and Her Lover Estranged by a Quarrel: Page from a Rasamanjari series, by Devidasa of Nurpur

A Courtesan and Her Lover Estranged by a Quarrel: Page from a Rasamanjari series

Devidasa of Nurpur · dated 1694–95

Public domainThe Met
Sadashiva worshipped by Parvati, by Attributed to Devidasa (Indian, active 1690-1695)

Sadashiva worshipped by Parvati

Attributed to Devidasa (Indian, active 1690-1695) · ca. 1690

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lakshmana and Sugriva Being Carried by Palanquin to Receive Rama's Blessings: Folio from the dispersed “Mankot" Ramayana series

Lakshmana and Sugriva Being Carried by Palanquin to Receive Rama's Blessings: Folio from the dispersed “Mankot" Ramayana series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1710–25

Public domainThe Met
A forlorn lover, fragment from a Rasamanjari, by Attributed to the workshop of Golu, son of Devidasa

A forlorn lover, fragment from a Rasamanjari

Attributed to the workshop of Golu, son of Devidasa · ca. 1710-ca. 1715

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sanveri Ragini, Page from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)

Sanveri Ragini, Page from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1700–1710

Public domainThe Met
Achillea cuspidata Wall.

Achillea cuspidata Wall.

Artist not stated in the record · 16 Jul 1856 to 20 Jul 1856

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Dasaratha and His Retinue Proceed to Rama's Wedding: Folio from the Shangri Ramayana Series (Style II)

King Dasaratha and His Retinue Proceed to Rama's Wedding: Folio from the Shangri Ramayana Series (Style II)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1690–1710

Public domainThe Met
Polemonium caeruleum L.

Polemonium caeruleum L.

Artist not stated in the record · 16 Jul 1856 to 20 Jul 1856

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double-sided folio from a Ramayana series

Double-sided folio from a Ramayana series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1690–1710

Public domainThe Met
Veronica undulata Wall.

Veronica undulata Wall.

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Apr 1938

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double-sided folio from a Ramayana series

Double-sided folio from a Ramayana series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1690–1710

Public domainThe Met
Casearia tomentosa Roxb. var. tomentosa

Casearia tomentosa Roxb. var. tomentosa

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 14/5/62

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double-sided folio from a Ramayana series

Double-sided folio from a Ramayana series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1690–1710

Public domainThe Met
Carissa spinarum L.

Carissa spinarum L.

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Apr 1938

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double-sided folio from a Ramayana series

Double-sided folio from a Ramayana series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1690–1710

Public domainThe Met
Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz

Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Apr 1938

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Setaria intermedia Roem. & Schult.

Setaria intermedia Roem. & Schult.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Jun 1917

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Selaginella subdiaphana (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Spring

Selaginella subdiaphana (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Spring

Artist not stated in the record · 5 Jun 1917

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ocimum americanum L.

Ocimum americanum L.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 20/10/62

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. 16 matched · 16 examined · 7 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.9 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 2858399 matched · 40 examined · 19 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 2026-08-27 06:11 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.