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 “Giovan Antonio Gavacciolo” — 64 records examined, 20 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 20:22 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.
Pair of Wheellock Pistols, by Giovan Antonio Gavacciolo

Pair of Wheellock Pistols

Giovan Antonio Gavacciolo · mid-17th century

Public domainThe Met
Holy Trinity with the Dead Christ in Glory after Palma Giovane; Adoration of the Magi, Study after Lodovico Carracci, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Holy Trinity with the Dead Christ in Glory after Palma Giovane; Adoration of the Magi, Study after Lodovico Carracci

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1810–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Story of Joseph, by Biagio d'Antonio

The Story of Joseph

Biagio d'Antonio

Public domainThe Met
Architectural Fantasy with Tomb and Ruins, Plate from "Rovine Inventione de Giovan. Loren, Legeay Architet. Intagliate da lui stesso in Luce 1768", by Jean-Laurent Legeay, French, ca. 1710–86

Architectural Fantasy with Tomb and Ruins, Plate from "Rovine Inventione de Giovan. Loren, Legeay Architet. Intagliate da lui stesso in Luce 1768"

Jean-Laurent Legeay, French, ca. 1710–86 · 1768, published 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Countryman Holding a Staff, by Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole

Standing Countryman Holding a Staff

Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole · 1654–1719

Public domainThe Met
Plate Depicting the Villa Borghese, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Plate Depicting the Villa Borghese, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marcantonio Pasqualini (1614–1691) Crowned by Apollo, by Andrea Sacchi

Marcantonio Pasqualini (1614–1691) Crowned by Apollo

Andrea Sacchi · 1641

Public domainThe Met
"Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

"Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis, by Italian (Umbrian) Painter

Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis

Italian (Umbrian) Painter

Public domainThe Met
Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

Public domainThe Met
Plate Depicting Virgil's Tomb (Tomba di Virgilio), from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Plate Depicting Virgil's Tomb (Tomba di Virgilio), from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Christopher Bearing the Christ Child, by Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis)

Saint Christopher Bearing the Christ Child

Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis) · 1484–1539

Public domainThe Met
Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Discovery of the True Cross, by Bernardo Strozzi

The Discovery of the True Cross

Bernardo Strozzi · 1599–1644

Public domainThe Met
Plate Depicting the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Plate Depicting the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso), by Leonardo da Vinci

Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso)

Leonardo da Vinci · 1496

Public domainThe Met
Plate Depicting the Crypta Neapolitana (Grotta di Posillipo), from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Plate Depicting the Crypta Neapolitana (Grotta di Posillipo), from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Agony in the Garden, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

The Agony in the Garden

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Sugar Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with Saints, by Girolamo dai Libri

Madonna and Child with Saints

Girolamo dai Libri · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
The Musicians, by Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)

The Musicians

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) · 1597

Public domainThe Met
Teapot, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Teapot, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

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. 49 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. 36833 matched · 40 examined · 20 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 2026-08-27 20:22 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.