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. 20 shown for “Esaias Busch III” — 48 records examined, 7 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 21:06 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.
Kettle and lamp stand, by Esaias Busch III

Kettle and lamp stand

Esaias Busch III · 1718–20

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Frame of the Portrait of Charles III, King of Spain, by Johann Esaias Nilson, German, 1721 - 1788

Design for the Frame of the Portrait of Charles III, King of Spain

Johann Esaias Nilson, German, 1721 - 1788 · 1759

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Beaker, by Esaias Busch III

Beaker

Esaias Busch III · 1720

Public domainThe Met
Frederick the Great

Frederick the Great

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Écuelle with cover, by Esaias Busch III

Écuelle with cover

Esaias Busch III · 1714–18

Public domainThe Met
Quatuor Evangelistae

Quatuor Evangelistae

Artist not stated in the record · 1721-1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chocolate pot, by Esaias Busch III

Chocolate pot

Esaias Busch III · 1718–20

Public domainThe Met
Adsumto Puero Ejusq Matre Fuge in Aegyptum

Adsumto Puero Ejusq Matre Fuge in Aegyptum

Artist not stated in the record · 1721-1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two soldiers shaking hands, by Kelsterbach Pottery and Porcelain Manufactory

Two soldiers shaking hands

Kelsterbach Pottery and Porcelain Manufactory · 1761–64

Public domainThe Met
Vobis Hodie Natus Est Servator qui est Christus Dominus in Oppido Davidis

Vobis Hodie Natus Est Servator qui est Christus Dominus in Oppido Davidis

Artist not stated in the record · 1721-1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bronze statue of an aristocratic boy

Bronze statue of an aristocratic boy

Artist not stated in the record · 27 BCE–14 CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for an Escutcheon, by Johann Esaias Nilson, German, 1721 - 1788

Design for an Escutcheon

Johann Esaias Nilson, German, 1721 - 1788 · 1721–1783

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Maid Asleep, by Johannes Vermeer

A Maid Asleep

Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1656–57

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Frame of the Portrait of Frederick V, King of Denmark, by Johann Esaias Nilson, German, 1721 - 1788

Design for the Frame of the Portrait of Frederick V, King of Denmark

Johann Esaias Nilson, German, 1721 - 1788 · ca. 1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Man of Sorrows, by Michele Giambono (Michele Giovanni Bono)

The Man of Sorrows

Michele Giambono (Michele Giovanni Bono) · ca. 1430

Public domainThe Met
Thlaspi ceratocarpum N. Busch

Thlaspi ceratocarpum N. Busch

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Serritaenia braunii (De Bary) Busch & Hess

Serritaenia braunii (De Bary) Busch & Hess

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Crambe koktebelica N. Busch

Crambe koktebelica N. Busch

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pedicularis panjutinii E.A. Busch

Pedicularis panjutinii E.A. Busch

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Aug 1935

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Carum caucasicum Boiss.

Carum caucasicum Boiss.

Artist not stated in the record · 24 Jul 1915 to 27 Jul 1915

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. 8 matched · 8 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.8 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 13602 matched · 40 examined · 7 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 21:06 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.