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 “Este” — 64 records examined, 3 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 02:06 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.
Flora with children, by Este

Flora with children

Este · ca. 1778–85

Public domainThe Met
Bouteloua alamosana Vasey

Bouteloua alamosana Vasey

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Nov 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Francesco d'Este (born ca. 1429, died after 1486), by Rogier van der Weyden

Francesco d'Este (born ca. 1429, died after 1486)

Rogier van der Weyden · ca. 1460

Public domainThe Met
Chloris radiata (L.) Sw.

Chloris radiata (L.) Sw.

Artist not stated in the record · 5 Nov 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Evening slippers, by Esté

Evening slippers

Esté · 1860–69

Public domainThe Met
Aristida laxa Cav.

Aristida laxa Cav.

Artist not stated in the record · 5 Nov 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Group of Laborers in a Field (recto); Angel Appearing to a Kneeling Saint (verso), by Giovanni Battista Maganza the Elder

Group of Laborers in a Field (recto); Angel Appearing to a Kneeling Saint (verso)

Giovanni Battista Maganza the Elder · 1530–86

Public domainThe Met
Anthephora hermaphrodita (L.) Kuntze

Anthephora hermaphrodita (L.) Kuntze

Artist not stated in the record · 5 Nov 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wedding shoes, by Esté

Wedding shoes

Esté · 1840–49

Public domainThe Met
Melochia nodiflora Sw.

Melochia nodiflora Sw.

Artist not stated in the record · 5 Nov 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mezzetin, by Antoine Watteau

Mezzetin

Antoine Watteau · ca. 1718–20

Public domainThe Met
Simsia molinae H. Rob. & Brettell

Simsia molinae H. Rob. & Brettell

Artist not stated in the record · 18 Sep 1987

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), by Daniele da Volterra

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564)

Daniele da Volterra · probably ca. 1545

Public domainThe Met
Aegiphila paniculata Moldenke

Aegiphila paniculata Moldenke

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Nov 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Alexander the Great (?)

Alexander the Great (?)

Artist not stated in the record · ring: mid-16th century; cameo: early Hellenistic 4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Phaseolus lunatus L.

Phaseolus lunatus L.

Artist not stated in the record · 5 Nov 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Book IV, plate 7: the fountain of the Tiburtine sibyl in the garden at Villa d'Este, Tivoli, from "The fountains of the Este garden in Tivoli" (Le fontane del Giardino Estense in Tivoli), by Giovanni Francesco Venturini

Book IV, plate 7: the fountain of the Tiburtine sibyl in the garden at Villa d'Este, Tivoli, from "The fountains of the Este garden in Tivoli" (Le fontane del Giardino Estense in Tivoli)

Giovanni Francesco Venturini · ca. 1676–1700

Public domainThe Met
Serjania lobulata Standl. & Steyerm.

Serjania lobulata Standl. & Steyerm.

Artist not stated in the record · 23 Nov 1973 to 26 Nov 1973

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of Isabella d'Este, by Lucas Vorsterman I

Portrait of Isabella d'Este

Lucas Vorsterman I · 1620–30

Public domainThe Met
Cordia salvadorensis Standl.

Cordia salvadorensis Standl.

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Nov 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mary, Queen of Scots returning to Scotland from Calais, by Ferdinand Delannoy

Mary, Queen of Scots returning to Scotland from Calais

Ferdinand Delannoy · mid-19th century

Public domainThe Met
Justicia sp.

Justicia sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 5 Nov 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Francesco I d'Este, Wounded in Battle, Continues to Orchestrate the Seige of Pavia, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...], by Bartolomeo Fenice (Fénis)

Francesco I d'Este, Wounded in Battle, Continues to Orchestrate the Seige of Pavia, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]

Bartolomeo Fenice (Fénis) · 1659

Public domainThe Met
Acanthospermum hispidum DC.

Acanthospermum hispidum DC.

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Nov 1968

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. 1612 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 14793 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 2026-09-06 02:06 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.