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 “George Washington's Red Wing Chair” — 64 records examined, 15 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 04:07 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.
Chair (Sgabello), by Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497)

Chair (Sgabello)

Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497) · ca. 1489–91

Public domainThe Met
George Washington's Red Wing Chair

George Washington's Red Wing Chair

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), by Georges Seurat

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)

Georges Seurat · 1887–88

Public domainThe Met
Framed photograph of Lt. General Colin L. Powell in West Wing of White House

Framed photograph of Lt. General Colin L. Powell in West Wing of White House

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1986-1989

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with Angels, by Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni)

Madonna and Child with Angels

Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni) · ca. 1445–50

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Dresser and Chair

Design for a Dresser and Chair

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chair seat cover, by Anna Poor Parsons

Chair seat cover

Anna Poor Parsons · ca. 1770

Public domainThe Met
Design for Two Chairs, by Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825

Design for Two Chairs

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825 · 1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Paul with a Donor; Christ Appearing to His Mother, by Master of the Saint Ursula Legend

Saint Paul with a Donor; Christ Appearing to His Mother

Master of the Saint Ursula Legend · ca. 1485

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · mid-19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Young Man, by Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)

Portrait of a Young Man

Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano) · 1530s

Public domainThe Met
George Washington, by John Scoles, 1793 - 1844?

George Washington

John Scoles, 1793 - 1844? · 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress, by Paul Cézanne

Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress

Paul Cézanne · 1888–90

Public domainThe Met
George Washington, by David Edwin, 1776 - 1841

George Washington

David Edwin, 1776 - 1841 · 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross, by Hans Schäufelein

The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross

Hans Schäufelein · ca. 1510

Public domainThe Met
Dutch mahogany metamorphic wing-backed folding bed chair

Dutch mahogany metamorphic wing-backed folding bed chair

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara, by Hans Memling

Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara

Hans Memling · early 1480s

Public domainThe Met
George Washington, by Atkins And Nightingale

George Washington

Atkins And Nightingale · 1801

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion, by Master of the Berswordt Altar

The Crucifixion

Master of the Berswordt Altar · ca. 1400

Public domainThe Met
George Washington, by Sarony & Major Lithography Company, active 1846 - 1857

George Washington

Sarony & Major Lithography Company, active 1846 - 1857 · 1846

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Last Supper, by Netherlandish (Antwerp Mannerist) Painters

The Last Supper

Netherlandish (Antwerp Mannerist) Painters · 1515–20

Public domainThe Met
George Washington (Lansdowne type), by Cornelius Tiebout, 1777 - 1832

George Washington (Lansdowne type)

Cornelius Tiebout, 1777 - 1832 · 1801

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Furniture plaque: wing of a hawk

Furniture plaque: wing of a hawk

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 18th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
George Washington LeVere, by McPherson & Oliver, 1828 - 1867

George Washington LeVere

McPherson & Oliver, 1828 - 1867 · c. 1863

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. 76 matched · 24 examined · 5 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. 414048 matched · 40 examined · 10 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 2026-09-04 04:07 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.