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 “Dharmapala Standing on a Lion” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 04:24 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.
Dharmapala Standing on a Lion

Dharmapala Standing on a Lion

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Sofa, Armchair, Console Table, Console Looking Glass

Designs for a Sofa, Armchair, Console Table, Console Looking Glass

Artist not stated in the record · 1815–30

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lion

Lion

Artist not stated in the record · after 1200

Public domainThe Met
Fountain; elevation of a church, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Fountain; elevation of a church

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1792–1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Drawing, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Drawing

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · About 1813

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Vishnu

Standing Vishnu

Artist not stated in the record · ca. third quarter 10th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Ewer with Handle in the Shape of a Lion

Design for a Ewer with Handle in the Shape of a Lion

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1600

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Teakettle and spirit lamp with stand, by Paul de Lamerie

Teakettle and spirit lamp with stand

Paul de Lamerie · 1744/45

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Sarcophagus, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for a Sarcophagus

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Trotting horse, by Giambologna

Trotting horse

Giambologna · probably 1587–91

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Console Looking Glass

Designs for a Console Looking Glass

Artist not stated in the record · 1815–30

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box with Romance Scenes

Box with Romance Scenes

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1310–30

Public domainThe Met
Throne, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Throne

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lion Ornament, by Asante-Akan artist

Lion Ornament

Asante-Akan artist · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Panel

Panel

Artist not stated in the record · 1850–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lion Ornament, by Asante-Akan artist

Lion Ornament

Asante-Akan artist · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Fountains, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Fountains

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Senwosret III as a Sphinx

Senwosret III as a Sphinx

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1878–1840 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Decoration of a Panel, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for the Decoration of a Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1775-1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vaishravana, the Guardian of Buddhism and Protector of Riches

Vaishravana, the Guardian of Buddhism and Protector of Riches

Artist not stated in the record · 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Water Urn with Stand, by Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868

Design for a Water Urn with Stand

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868 · 1820–35

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two-Sided Pendant with the Archangel Michael and Daniel in the Lion’s Den

Two-Sided Pendant with the Archangel Michael and Daniel in the Lion’s Den

Artist not stated in the record · 1200 or later

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Candelabrum

Design for a Candelabrum

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1810

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. 373 matched · 24 examined · 0 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. 2460327 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 2026-08-27 04:24 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.