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 “Female Monkey Holding Its Baby” — 64 records examined, 16 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 17:44 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.
Female Monkey Holding Its Baby

Female Monkey Holding Its Baby

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1981–1802 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
LE DEJEUNÉ, by Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

LE DEJEUNÉ

Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bottle in the shape of a monkey, by Nasca artist(s)

Bottle in the shape of a monkey

Nasca artist(s) · 1–600 CE

Public domainThe Met
Female Monkey with umbrella

Female Monkey with umbrella

Artist not stated in the record · 1860–90

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated female figurine holding a baby

Seated female figurine holding a baby

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 600–480 BCE

Public domainThe Met
LE LAVEMENT DONNÉ, by Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

LE LAVEMENT DONNÉ

Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · 1743

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Young Woman with a Pink, by Hans Memling

Young Woman with a Pink

Hans Memling · ca. 1485–90

Public domainThe Met
Female Monkey in Rococo Dress

Female Monkey in Rococo Dress

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Nude female holding monkeys

Nude female holding monkeys

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 945–525 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Two Snuffbox Lid Designs, by G. Roberday, French, active 1697 – 1713

Two Snuffbox Lid Designs

G. Roberday, French, active 1697 – 1713 · 1710

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Netsuke of a Female Monkey Holding a Nut while her Baby Crawls on her Back, by Masatami

Netsuke of a Female Monkey Holding a Nut while her Baby Crawls on her Back

Masatami · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
LES FILLEUSES, by Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

LES FILLEUSES

Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase in the Shape of a Mother Monkey with Her Offspring

Vase in the Shape of a Mother Monkey with Her Offspring

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2289–2255 BCE

Public domainThe Met
(Figurine Series) Woman Holding Baby, by Salvator Rosa, Italian, born Naples, Italy 1615-died Rome, Italy 1673

(Figurine Series) Woman Holding Baby

Salvator Rosa, Italian, born Naples, Italy 1615-died Rome, Italy 1673

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chinese Boy and Monkey Wrestling, by Isoda Koryūsai

Chinese Boy and Monkey Wrestling

Isoda Koryūsai · ca. 1770–72 (Meiwa 7–An’ei 1)

Public domainThe Met
LE REPOS DE CHASSE, by Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

LE REPOS DE CHASSE

Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · 1743

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oedipus and the Sphinx, by Gustave Moreau

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Gustave Moreau · 1864

Public domainThe Met
LE FAUCON, by Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

LE FAUCON

Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · 1743

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Venus and Cupid, by Lorenzo Lotto

Venus and Cupid

Lorenzo Lotto · 1520s

Public domainThe Met
LE M[AITR]E PEINTRE, by Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

LE M[AITR]E PEINTRE

Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · 1743

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten), by Ferdinand Hodler

The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten)

Ferdinand Hodler · 1896

Public domainThe Met
Black Howler Monkey

Black Howler Monkey

Artist not stated in the record · 2013:04:06

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Nude female figure holding a vase on her head

Nude female figure holding a vase on her head

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 945–525 BCE

Public domainThe Met
The Virgin with the Monkey

The Virgin with the Monkey

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1506

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. 30 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. 654468 matched · 40 examined · 16 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 2026-09-03 17:44 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.