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 “John Osler, active mid 19th century” — 64 records examined, 17 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-08 16:12 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.
Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869), by Samuel Jackson

Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869)

Samuel Jackson · 1854–55

Public domainThe Met
Heavy Weights - Arrival of a Party at League Island, by John Osler, active mid 19th century

Heavy Weights - Arrival of a Party at League Island

John Osler, active mid 19th century · 1872

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Prie-dieu, by Stammer & Breul

Prie-dieu

Stammer & Breul · 1855

Public domainThe Met
The Christiana Tragedy, by John Osler, active mid 19th century

The Christiana Tragedy

John Osler, active mid 19th century · 1872

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Young Man, by Hans Memling

Portrait of a Young Man

Hans Memling · ca. 1472–75

Public domainThe Met
John McCrackern Robinson, by Charles Fenderich, 1805 - 1887

John McCrackern Robinson

Charles Fenderich, 1805 - 1887 · mid 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family, by Master of the Dinteville Allegory

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family

Master of the Dinteville Allegory · 1537

Public domainThe Met
Escaping from Norfolk in Capt. Lee’s Skiff, by C. H. Reed, active mid 19th century

Escaping from Norfolk in Capt. Lee’s Skiff

C. H. Reed, active mid 19th century · 1872

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) · ca. 1455–60

Public domainThe Met
Creamer, from a Miniature Tea Set, by Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864

Creamer, from a Miniature Tea Set

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864 · 19th–mid- 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint John on Patmos, by Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien)

Saint John on Patmos

Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) · ca. 1511

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, from a Miniature Tea Set, by Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864

Cup and Saucer, from a Miniature Tea Set

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864 · 19th–mid- 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armchair, by John and Joseph W. Meeks

Armchair

John and Joseph W. Meeks · ca. 1850

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, from a Miniature Tea Set, by Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864

Cup and Saucer, from a Miniature Tea Set

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864 · 19th–mid- 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor (Gusoku), by Saotome Ietada

Armor (Gusoku)

Saotome Ietada · 16th and 18th centuries

Public domainThe Met
Teapot, from a Miniature Tea Set, by Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864

Teapot, from a Miniature Tea Set

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864 · 19th–mid- 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456), by Hans Memling

Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456)

Hans Memling · ca. 1470

Public domainThe Met
Appliqued Quilt (Center Medallion), by Ann Dagge, active mid 18th century-mid 19th century

Appliqued Quilt (Center Medallion)

Ann Dagge, active mid 18th century-mid 19th century · 1818

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895), by Auguste Renoir

Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895)

Auguste Renoir · 1878

Public domainThe Met
John Philip Donelan, by Charles Fenderich, 1805 - 1887

John Philip Donelan

Charles Fenderich, 1805 - 1887 · 1841

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Desk and Bookcase, by John Davey

Desk and Bookcase

John Davey · 1805–10

Public domainThe Met
John Minor Botts, by Charles Fenderich, 1805 - 1887

John Minor Botts

Charles Fenderich, 1805 - 1887 · 1841

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Hans Memling

Virgin and Child

Hans Memling · 1480–85

Public domainThe Met
Pete Morris, by Unidentified Artist

Pete Morris

Unidentified Artist · 1846

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. 1267 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. 324256 matched · 40 examined · 17 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 2026-09-08 16:12 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.