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 “J. Jeane” — 64 records examined, 32 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 06:25 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.
Chimney Scaffold, by J. Jeane

Chimney Scaffold

J. Jeane · 1860

Public domainThe Met
Glyceria australis C.E. Hubb.

Glyceria australis C.E. Hubb.

Artist not stated in the record · 4 Dec 2015

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
Mrs. Jean Chalmers Williams, by Otto J. Schneider, born Atlanta, IL 1875-1946

Mrs. Jean Chalmers Williams

Otto J. Schneider, born Atlanta, IL 1875-1946

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Springtime, by Pierre-Auguste Cot

Springtime

Pierre-Auguste Cot · 1873

Public domainThe Met
Piper calceolarium C. DC.

Piper calceolarium C. DC.

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Engaged Double Capital

Engaged Double Capital

Artist not stated in the record · Late 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Piper pachystachyon C. DC.

Piper pachystachyon C. DC.

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor

Armor

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1400–1450 and later

Public domainThe Met
Sarga stipoidea Ewart & Jean White

Sarga stipoidea Ewart & Jean White

Artist not stated in the record · 1891

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Slipper Chair, by John Henry Belter

Slipper Chair

John Henry Belter · ca. 1855

Public domainThe Met
Calliblepharis jubata

Calliblepharis jubata

Artist not stated in the record · 9 Feb 1985

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59), by Jean Cousin the Elder

Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)

Jean Cousin the Elder · ca. 1555

Public domainThe Met
Halopithys incurvus

Halopithys incurvus

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Toilet of Bathsheba, by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

The Toilet of Bathsheba

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1643

Public domainThe Met
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.

Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.

Artist not stated in the record · 1815

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oeuvres de Moliere : avec des remarques grammaticales, des avertissemens et des observations sur chaque piéce, par M. Bret, by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière

Oeuvres de Moliere : avec des remarques grammaticales, des avertissemens et des observations sur chaque piéce, par M. Bret

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière · 1773

Public domainThe Met
Cynodon sp.

Cynodon sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 1819

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Charles Claude de Flahaut (1730–1809), Comte d'Angiviller, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Charles Claude de Flahaut (1730–1809), Comte d'Angiviller

Jean-Baptiste Greuze · 1763

Public domainThe Met
Lomentaria clavellosa

Lomentaria clavellosa

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Apr 1983

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Snuffbox with six scenes of putti at play, by Jean Georges (or George)

Snuffbox with six scenes of putti at play

Jean Georges (or George) · ca. 1761–62

Public domainThe Met
Chondrus crispus Stackh.

Chondrus crispus Stackh.

Artist not stated in the record · Jun 1982

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Jabach Family, by Charles Le Brun

The Jabach Family

Charles Le Brun · ca. 1660

Public domainThe Met
Phycodrys rubens (L.) Batters

Phycodrys rubens (L.) Batters

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Feb 1983

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. 2683 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. 1194079 matched · 40 examined · 27 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 2026-09-03 06:25 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.