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 “Domed Pavilion” — 59 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 13:48 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.
Domed Pavilion

Domed Pavilion

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830

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

Design for a Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 18th–19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
War Chariot

War Chariot

Artist not stated in the record · mid-19th century

Public domainThe Met
Public Building, by Planier, French, 1800 – 1900

Public Building

Planier, French, 1800 – 1900 · 1780–90

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with Sailing-Ship Design

Dish with Sailing-Ship Design

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

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

Design for a Kaffeehaus

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1780-1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lovers Returning to a Palace

Lovers Returning to a Palace

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Catafalque, by Baldassare Longhena, 1598–1631

Catafalque

Baldassare Longhena, 1598–1631 · ca. 1631

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hector Taking Leave of His Family, by Lucy Coit Huntington

Hector Taking Leave of His Family

Lucy Coit Huntington · 1810

Public domainThe Met
Garden Pavilion and Latticed Gallery with an Alternative Design plate 365 from the publication "L'Art de Treillageur ou menuiserie des jardins", by André-Jacob Roubo, French, 1739–1791

Garden Pavilion and Latticed Gallery with an Alternative Design plate 365 from the publication "L'Art de Treillageur ou menuiserie des jardins"

André-Jacob Roubo, French, 1739–1791 · 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sampler, by Julia Ann Fitch

Sampler

Julia Ann Fitch · 1807

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

Design for a Memorial Structure

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mantel clock (pendule de cheminée), by François Joseph Belanger

Mantel clock (pendule de cheminée)

François Joseph Belanger · ca. 1783

Public domainThe Met
Berceau du Labyrinte à Versailles, by Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703

Berceau du Labyrinte à Versailles

Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703 · ca. 1690

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Bahram Gur in the Red Pavilion", Folio from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, by Nizami

"Bahram Gur in the Red Pavilion", Folio from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Nizami · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
LE BERCEAU DE L’HÔTEL DE CONDÉ, by Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703

LE BERCEAU DE L’HÔTEL DE CONDÉ

Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703 · late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Turquoise Bowl with Lute Player and Audience

Turquoise Bowl with Lute Player and Audience

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

Public domainThe Met
Berceau de l’hotel de Condé, by Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703

Berceau de l’hotel de Condé

Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703 · 1658–1703

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
[The Taj Mahal from the Banks of the Yamuna River], by John Murray

[The Taj Mahal from the Banks of the Yamuna River]

John Murray · 1858–62

Public domainThe Met
First Designs for Ickworth House, Suffolk, England, by Mario Asprucci The Younger, Italian, 1764 – 1804

First Designs for Ickworth House, Suffolk, England

Mario Asprucci The Younger, Italian, 1764 – 1804 · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Kai Khusrau Crosses the Sea", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

"Kai Khusrau Crosses the Sea", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1610

Public domainThe Met
A Lake in a Park, by Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877

A Lake in a Park

Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877 · 1856

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Bahram Gur in the Sandal Palace on Thursday", Folio 230 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, by Nizami

"Bahram Gur in the Sandal Palace on Thursday", Folio 230 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Nizami · dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE

Public domainThe Met
Berceau de treillage de la Maison de Mr. de Benserade a Arcüeil (Left Plate), by Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703

Berceau de treillage de la Maison de Mr. de Benserade a Arcüeil (Left Plate)

Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703 · 1677–1703

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. 19 matched · 19 examined · 4 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. 6000 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 2026-09-01 13:48 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.