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 “Drawing of a Ramesside King and Two Standing Figures” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 03:27 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.
Drawing of a Ramesside King and Two Standing Figures

Drawing of a Ramesside King and Two Standing Figures

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300–1080 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mantel clock with musical movement, by Jean-Baptiste-André Furet

Mantel clock with musical movement

Jean-Baptiste-André Furet · ca. 1784

Public domainThe Met
Wooded Landscape with Elijah Awakened and Nourished by an Angel on Mount Horeb [above left]; Annunciation [below left]; The Banquet of King Ahasuerus [above right]; Christ Surrounded by Angels with the Arma Christi [below right]., by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Wooded Landscape with Elijah Awakened and Nourished by an Angel on Mount Horeb [above left]; Annunciation [below left]; The Banquet of King Ahasuerus [above right]; Christ Surrounded by Angels with the Arma Christi [below right].

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1580–1605

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jewish Woman of Algiers, by Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier

Jewish Woman of Algiers

Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier · 1862

Public domainThe Met
Muzeo Scevola before Porsenna, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Muzeo Scevola before Porsenna

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · About 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Vishnu as Keshava, by Dasoja of Balligrama

Standing Vishnu as Keshava

Dasoja of Balligrama · first quarter of the 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Monument of King Louis XVI of France, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Monument of King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 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
Design for Dedication Page to Charles III of Spain and the Two Sicilies, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1692 - 1770

Design for Dedication Page to Charles III of Spain and the Two Sicilies

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1692 - 1770 · ca. 1762

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Louis XV (1710–1774), King of France, by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger

Louis XV (1710–1774), King of France

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger · 1757

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion and Flowers, by Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686

Designs for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion and Flowers

Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686 · ca. 1660-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Clovis I

King Clovis I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Column Statue of a King

Column Statue of a King

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1150–60

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Elevations of Sepulchral Monuments, Funeral Decorations for Louis XVI, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for the Elevations of Sepulchral Monuments, Funeral Decorations for Louis XVI

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lion (one of a pair), by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner

Lion (one of a pair)

Johann Gottlieb Kirchner · ca. 1732

Public domainThe Met
Monument of King Louis XVI of France, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Monument of King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Adam Weisweiler

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Adam Weisweiler · ca. 1787

Public domainThe Met
Two Bologna Views, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Two Bologna Views

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · late 18th–early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Woman from the French Colonies, by Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier

Woman from the French Colonies

Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier · 1861

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Clothar I

King Clothar I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Fountains; Verso: Blotter for a Black Crayon Drawing, Upper Part of a Design for a Pavilion Elevation, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Designs for Fountains; Verso: Blotter for a Black Crayon Drawing, Upper Part of a Design for a Pavilion Elevation

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1780–1800

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. 5099 matched · 24 examined · 5 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. 4074387 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 2026-08-27 03:27 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.