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. 22 shown for “Insignia of the Order of the Precious Crown, Paulownia” — 64 records examined, 30 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 01:25 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.
Insignia of the Order of the Precious Crown, Paulownia

Insignia of the Order of the Precious Crown, Paulownia

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

Public domainThe Met
U.S. Army forage cap

U.S. Army forage cap

Artist not stated in the record · 1861-1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roundel with Scenes of the Attack on the Castle of Love

Roundel with Scenes of the Attack on the Castle of Love

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1320–40

Public domainThe Met
U.S. Army forage cap

U.S. Army forage cap

Artist not stated in the record · 1862-1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Staff finial with seated woman, by "Master of the Frontal Concentric Circles"

Staff finial with seated woman

"Master of the Frontal Concentric Circles" · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Women's US Army Service beret worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown, by Custom Hat Corporation, American

Women's US Army Service beret worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown

Custom Hat Corporation, American · 1980

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, by The Limbourg Brothers

The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry

The Limbourg Brothers · 1405–1408/1409

Public domainThe Met
US Navy dress uniform hat worn by Adm. Michelle Howard as commander

US Navy dress uniform hat worn by Adm. Michelle Howard as commander

Artist not stated in the record · 1999

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

The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto di Bondone · possibly ca. 1320

Public domainThe Met
Brown fur felt hat with ribbon hat band, by Julius Garfinckel & Co, American, 1905 - 1990

Brown fur felt hat with ribbon hat band

Julius Garfinckel & Co, American, 1905 - 1990 · 1970s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
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
Army Field Grade Officer Service Dress Green cap worn by Maj. Gen. Colin Powell

Army Field Grade Officer Service Dress Green cap worn by Maj. Gen. Colin Powell

Artist not stated in the record · 1983-1986

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, by Jan van Eyck

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck · ca. 1436–38

Public domainThe Met
Women's US Army Service hat worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown, by Sam Bonk Uniform and Civilian Cap Company, American, founded 1963

Women's US Army Service hat worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown

Sam Bonk Uniform and Civilian Cap Company, American, founded 1963 · 1980

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Visitation, by Master Heinrich of Constance

The Visitation

Master Heinrich of Constance · ca. 1310–20

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Badge of the Sicilian Military Order

Design for a Badge of the Sicilian Military Order

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Margaret of Austria, by Jean Hey (called Master of Moulins)

Margaret of Austria

Jean Hey (called Master of Moulins) · ca. 1490

Public domainThe Met
The Goddess Diana Leaning on an Outcropping, by Francesco Brizzi, Italian, 1574 - 1623

The Goddess Diana Leaning on an Outcropping

Francesco Brizzi, Italian, 1574 - 1623 · early 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Spiritual Master Padmasambhava

The Spiritual Master Padmasambhava

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Badge of the Tuscan Order of St. Stephen

Design for a Badge of the Tuscan Order of St. Stephen

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1710–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I (1503–1564), by Kunz Lochner

Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I (1503–1564)

Kunz Lochner · dated 1549

Public domainThe Met
Saddle

Saddle

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1400–1420

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. 843 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. 2986369 matched · 40 examined · 30 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.10 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-06 01:25 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.