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 “Kimbel and Cabus” — 64 records examined, 19 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 03:34 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.
Side Chair, by Kimbel and Cabus

Side Chair

Kimbel and Cabus · ca. 1875

Public domainThe Met
armchair, by Kimbel & Cabus, New York, New York, USA, active 1863–1882

armchair

Kimbel & Cabus, New York, New York, USA, active 1863–1882 · ca. 1870–73

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hanging Key Cabinet, by Kimbel and Cabus

Hanging Key Cabinet

Kimbel and Cabus · ca. 1874

Public domainThe Met
Trixis californica var. peninsularis (S.F. Blake) C.E. Anderson

Trixis californica var. peninsularis (S.F. Blake) C.E. Anderson

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Mar 1892

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Desk, by Kimbel and Cabus

Desk

Kimbel and Cabus · ca.1875

Public domainThe Met
Poa trivialis L.

Poa trivialis L.

Artist not stated in the record · 14 May 1966

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Étagère, by A. Kimbel and Sons

Étagère

A. Kimbel and Sons · ca. 1885–90

Public domainThe Met
Hypericum mutilum L.

Hypericum mutilum L.

Artist not stated in the record · 23 Aug 1941

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families, by Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia)

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia) · ca. 1449

Public domainThe Met
Trophis mexicana (Liebm.) Bureau

Trophis mexicana (Liebm.) Bureau

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Mar 1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of Candelabra, by Tiffany & Co.

Pair of Candelabra

Tiffany & Co. · 1884

Public domainThe Met
Psiguria triphylla (Miq.) C. Jeffrey

Psiguria triphylla (Miq.) C. Jeffrey

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Mar 1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo

Virgin and Child

Bartolomé Estebán Murillo · 1670s

Public domainThe Met
Peperomia glutinosa Millsp.

Peperomia glutinosa Millsp.

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Mar 1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Enthroned Jina, Probably Neminatha

Enthroned Jina, Probably Neminatha

Artist not stated in the record · late 7th century

Public domainThe Met
Lycianthes arrazolensis (J.M. Coult. & Donn. Sm.) Bitter

Lycianthes arrazolensis (J.M. Coult. & Donn. Sm.) Bitter

Artist not stated in the record · 16 Mar 1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with Two Mudfish, by Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists

Plaque with Two Mudfish

Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists · ca. 1540–70

Public domainThe Met
Myrsine coriacea (Sw.) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

Myrsine coriacea (Sw.) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

Artist not stated in the record · 16 Mar 1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
An Extensive Panoramic Landscape with a Windmill, by Jan Baptist Weenix

An Extensive Panoramic Landscape with a Windmill

Jan Baptist Weenix · mid-17th century

Public domainThe Met
Adiantopsis seemannii (Hook.) Maxon

Adiantopsis seemannii (Hook.) Maxon

Artist not stated in the record · 16 Mar 1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Beaker with birds and animals

Beaker with birds and animals

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook. f.

Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook. f.

Artist not stated in the record · 20 Jul 1973

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bartolomeo Bonghi (died 1584), by Giovanni Battista Moroni

Bartolomeo Bonghi (died 1584)

Giovanni Battista Moroni · shortly after 1553

Public domainThe Met
Spiraea sp.

Spiraea sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 21 Jul 1973

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. 312 matched · 24 examined · 4 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. 1463858 matched · 40 examined · 15 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 2026-09-05 03:34 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.