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 “Fragment with a design of a torso” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-07 09:32 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.
Quilt, Album pattern, by Brown and Turner families

Quilt, Album pattern

Brown and Turner families · begun 1846

Public domainThe Met
Fragment with a design of a torso

Fragment with a design of a torso

Artist not stated in the record · early 13th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Torso, by Auguste Rodin

Torso

Auguste Rodin · modeled ca. 1877–78, cast 1979

Public domainThe Met
Torso

Torso

Artist not stated in the record · 1st century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tapestry Room from Croome Court, by Robert Adam

Tapestry Room from Croome Court

Robert Adam · 1763–71

Public domainThe Met
Figure and Landscape Sketches, Mexico, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Figure and Landscape Sketches, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · 1890–93

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Torso of a Bodhisattva, by Sahri-Bahlol Workshop

Torso of a Bodhisattva

Sahri-Bahlol Workshop · ca. 5th century

Public domainThe Met
Study of an Arm for "Tribute Money", by Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

Study of an Arm for "Tribute Money"

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906 · 1852

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head), by Polykleitos

Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head)

Polykleitos · ca. 69–96 CE

Public domainThe Met
Six of Hearts, by E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

Six of Hearts

E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis

Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis

Artist not stated in the record · 500–550, with modern restoration

Public domainThe Met
Two Ornament Designs, by Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679

Two Ornament Designs

Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679 · ca.1660–1713

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chimneypiece (cheminée), by François Joseph Belanger

Chimneypiece (cheminée)

François Joseph Belanger · 1784

Public domainThe Met
FLAMBEAUX A DEUX BRANCHES, by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

FLAMBEAUX A DEUX BRANCHES

Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820 · 1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Side table (one of a pair), by Matthias Lock

Side table (one of a pair)

Matthias Lock · ca. 1740

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Cartouche with Three Figures and a Parasol, by Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769

Design for a Cartouche with Three Figures and a Parasol

Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769 · 1738–49

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seasons and Elements (Fire) (set of four), by Charles Le Brun

Seasons and Elements (Fire) (set of four)

Charles Le Brun · ca. 1683

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802

Title Page

Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802 · 1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seasons and Elements (Summer) (set of four), by Charles Le Brun

Seasons and Elements (Summer) (set of four)

Charles Le Brun · ca. 1683

Public domainThe Met
ECUELLE ET GOBELETS, by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

ECUELLE ET GOBELETS

Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820 · 1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seasons and Elements (Spring) (set of four), by Charles Le Brun

Seasons and Elements (Spring) (set of four)

Charles Le Brun · ca. 1683

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Panel Design, by Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679

Ornament Panel Design

Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679 · 1660–1716

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
China table, by Thomas Chippendale

China table

Thomas Chippendale · ca. 1755

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713

Title Page

Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713 · ca.1660–1703

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. 47320 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 3893811 matched · 40 examined · 3 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 2026-09-07 09:32 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.