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 “Ixtlán del Río artist(s)” — 64 records examined, 8 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 02:36 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.
Female figure, by Ixtlán del Río artist(s)

Female figure

Ixtlán del Río artist(s) · 200 BCE–200 CE

Public domainThe Met
Melampodium microcephalum Less.

Melampodium microcephalum Less.

Artist not stated in the record · 11 Sep 1990

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Male figure, by Ixtlán del Río artist(s)

Male figure

Ixtlán del Río artist(s) · 200 BCE–200 CE

Public domainThe Met
Zinnia angustifolia Kunth

Zinnia angustifolia Kunth

Artist not stated in the record · 11 Sep 1990

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ancestor Pair

Ancestor Pair

Artist not stated in the record · 1st century BCE–3rd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Cuphea leptopoda Hemsl.

Cuphea leptopoda Hemsl.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 15/8/61

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kneeling female figure, by Lagunillas artist(s)

Kneeling female figure

Lagunillas artist(s) · 200 BCE–200 CE

Public domainThe Met
Hilaria ciliata (Scribn.) Nash

Hilaria ciliata (Scribn.) Nash

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Aug 1958

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated male figure, by Lagunillas artist(s)

Seated male figure

Lagunillas artist(s) · 200 BCE–200 CE

Public domainThe Met
Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult.

Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult.

Artist not stated in the record · 23 Aug 1965

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lidded bowl with ballgame scenes, by Río Blanco artist

Lidded bowl with ballgame scenes

Río Blanco artist · 500-900 CE

Public domainThe Met
Pittocaulon velatum (Greenm.) H. Rob. & Brettell

Pittocaulon velatum (Greenm.) H. Rob. & Brettell

Artist not stated in the record · 20 Apr 1951

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Funerary staff, by Inca artist(s)

Funerary staff

Inca artist(s) · 1400–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Melampodium divaricatum (Rich.) DC.

Melampodium divaricatum (Rich.) DC.

Artist not stated in the record · 10 Aug 1960

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Funerary staff, by Inca artist(s)

Funerary staff

Inca artist(s) · 1400–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Tillandsia schiedeana Steud.

Tillandsia schiedeana Steud.

Artist not stated in the record · 20 Apr 1951

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of Figures

Pair of Figures

Artist not stated in the record · 200 BCE–200 CE

Public domainThe Met
Sclerocarpus dentatus (La Llave) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl.

Sclerocarpus dentatus (La Llave) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl.

Artist not stated in the record · 10 Aug 1960

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated dog, by Colima artist(s)

Seated dog

Colima artist(s) · 200 BCE–300 CE

Public domainThe Met
Perymenium pringlei B.L. Rob. & Greenm.

Perymenium pringlei B.L. Rob. & Greenm.

Artist not stated in the record · 14 Sep 1974

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing male figure, by Chimú artist(s)

Standing male figure

Chimú artist(s) · 1300–1470 CE

Public domainThe Met
Otopappus tequilanus (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.

Otopappus tequilanus (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.

Artist not stated in the record · 13 Sep 1974

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Crown, by North Coast artist(s)

Crown

North Coast artist(s) · 800–1400 CE

Public domainThe Met
Tridax procumbens L.

Tridax procumbens L.

Artist not stated in the record · 10 Aug 1960

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. 57 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 1282050 matched · 40 examined · 5 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 02:36 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.