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. 23 shown for “Fragment of a Turban-Shaped Thumb Rest” — 56 records examined, 21 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 10:47 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.
Fragment of a Turban-Shaped Thumb Rest

Fragment of a Turban-Shaped Thumb Rest

Artist not stated in the record · 9th–11th century

Public domainThe Met
Fragments

Fragments

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1246

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ewer with Pomegranate-shaped Thumb Rests

Ewer with Pomegranate-shaped Thumb Rests

Artist not stated in the record · 11th–12th century

Public domainThe Met
Snuff Box in Shape of a Moor's Head

Snuff Box in Shape of a Moor's Head

Artist not stated in the record · mid-18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59), by Jean Cousin the Elder

Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)

Jean Cousin the Elder · ca. 1555

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Limestone statue fragment of a left hand resting on a dove

Limestone statue fragment of a left hand resting on a dove

Artist not stated in the record · 3rd–1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement, by Fra Filippo Lippi

Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement

Fra Filippo Lippi · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
Fragments

Fragments

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of a Luster-Painted Handle with Thumb Rest

Fragment of a Luster-Painted Handle with Thumb Rest

Artist not stated in the record · 9th–11th century

Public domainThe Met
Fabric piece with whitework embroidery

Fabric piece with whitework embroidery

Artist not stated in the record · 1828-1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief from the North Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I

Relief from the North Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1299–1290 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Three Peasants in Conversation, by Albrecht Dürer, German, b. Nuremberg, 1471–1528

Three Peasants in Conversation

Albrecht Dürer, German, b. Nuremberg, 1471–1528 · (1497-1498)

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Magi, by Bartolo di Fredi

The Adoration of the Magi

Bartolo di Fredi · ca. 1390

Public domainThe Met
Candlestick

Candlestick

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Man in Prayer, by Rogier van der Weyden

Man in Prayer

Rogier van der Weyden · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
Kourt King croquet game set hoops from Rock Rest Tourist Home

Kourt King croquet game set hoops from Rock Rest Tourist Home

Artist not stated in the record · mid 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Assumption of the Virgin, by Bernardo Daddi

The Assumption of the Virgin

Bernardo Daddi · 1337–38

Public domainThe Met
La Mano Poderosa, by Caban group, active second quarter of 19th century-first half of 20th century

La Mano Poderosa

Caban group, active second quarter of 19th century-first half of 20th century · ca. 1875-1925

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of a Handle with Wavy Band and Rosette-Shaped Thumb Rest

Fragment of a Handle with Wavy Band and Rosette-Shaped Thumb Rest

Artist not stated in the record · 9th–11th century

Public domainThe Met
Patent Model for Hosley Ship's Model Measurer, 1851

Patent Model for Hosley Ship's Model Measurer, 1851

Artist not stated in the record · 1851

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief from the West Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I

Relief from the West Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1299–1290 BCE

Public domainThe Met
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. 780 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. 32 matched · 32 examined · 21 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.11 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-28 10:47 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.