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 “Gothic Doorway” — 60 records examined, 13 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 20:36 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.
Gothic Doorway

Gothic Doorway

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1520–30

Public domainThe Met
Rendering of Various Decorative details of Bologna; Verso: Architectural Details, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Rendering of Various Decorative details of Bologna; Verso: Architectural Details

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1810–14

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Doorway

Doorway

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th or early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Gothic Country House: Entrance Hall, by Ed Blore

Gothic Country House: Entrance Hall

Ed Blore · 1835–40

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Doorway from Moutiers-Saint-Jean

Doorway from Moutiers-Saint-Jean

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
Sidewall

Sidewall

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1845

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Doorway and Staircase Enclosure

Doorway and Staircase Enclosure

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th or early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Architectural Details, by Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

Architectural Details

Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925 · 1883

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Clothar I

King Clothar I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
Photograph of FAME Church Members Standing on the Front Steps

Photograph of FAME Church Members Standing on the Front Steps

Artist not stated in the record · 1888-1903; printed later

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Clovis I

King Clovis I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
View of the Porta Aurea, Palace of Diocletian, Split

View of the Porta Aurea, Palace of Diocletian, Split

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bacon Faced Fellows of Brazen Nose, Broke Loose, by Thomas Rowlandson

Bacon Faced Fellows of Brazen Nose, Broke Loose

Thomas Rowlandson · 1811

Public domainThe Met
Doorway of San Salvatore in Lauro with Decoration for the Funeral of King Frederick August III of Poland, Rome, Italy, by Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786

Doorway of San Salvatore in Lauro with Decoration for the Funeral of King Frederick August III of Poland, Rome, Italy

Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786 · 1763–64

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bacon Faced Fellows of Brazen Nose, Broke Loose, by Thomas Rowlandson

Bacon Faced Fellows of Brazen Nose, Broke Loose

Thomas Rowlandson · February 26, 1811

Public domainThe Met
Design for Wall with Doorway, probably for the Ante Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, by Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

Design for Wall with Doorway, probably for the Ante Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859 · 1802 or earlier

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child with Donors, by Giovanni da Milano

Madonna and Child with Donors

Giovanni da Milano · ca. 1365

Public domainThe Met
Design for Doorway, by Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

Design for Doorway

Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859 · 1815–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Joshua and David (from the Heroes Tapestries)

Joshua and David (from the Heroes Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1400–1410

Public domainThe Met
Doorway Designs, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Doorway Designs

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1749-1761

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Doorway, Heckingham Church, by John Sell Cotman

Doorway, Heckingham Church

John Sell Cotman · 1816–18

Public domainThe Met
Doorway, Apartment of Lou, by François Chauveau, French, 1613 – 1676

Doorway, Apartment of Lou

François Chauveau, French, 1613 – 1676 · 1710

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bandits on a Rocky Coast, by Salvator Rosa

Bandits on a Rocky Coast

Salvator Rosa · 1655–60

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design, Gothic Archway

Stage Design, Gothic Archway

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

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. 20 matched · 20 examined · 1 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. 3523 matched · 40 examined · 12 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 2026-08-26 20:36 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.