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 “Krishna on Garuda” — 64 records examined, 33 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 13:50 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.
Krishna on Garuda

Krishna on Garuda

Artist not stated in the record · second half of the 9th century

Public domainThe Met
Devi with Krishna and Vishnu in a Palace

Devi with Krishna and Vishnu in a Palace

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1645-1655

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vishnu Riding on Garuda

Vishnu Riding on Garuda

Artist not stated in the record · dated 1004

Public domainThe Met
Head cloth (kain kepala)

Head cloth (kain kepala)

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dharma-wheel pilaster (dharmacakrastambha)

Dharma-wheel pilaster (dharmacakrastambha)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. early 3rd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Krishna Vishvarupa

Krishna Vishvarupa

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Krishna Killing the Horse Demon Keshi

Krishna Killing the Horse Demon Keshi

Artist not stated in the record · 5th century

Public domainThe Met
Rukmini elopes with Krishna, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

Rukmini elopes with Krishna, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1590–95

Public domainThe Met
Head cloth (kain kepala)

Head cloth (kain kepala)

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Krishna and Balarama depart Vrindavan, by Becharam Das Dutta

Krishna and Balarama depart Vrindavan

Becharam Das Dutta · dated equivalent to 1856

Public domainThe Met
Square

Square

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Head of Krishna (?)

Head of Krishna (?)

Artist not stated in the record · 7th century

Public domainThe Met
Krishna entertains his companions

Krishna entertains his companions

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760-1765

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Celebrating the birth of Krishna (Janmashtami)

Celebrating the birth of Krishna (Janmashtami)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1878–83

Public domainThe Met
Head cloth (kain kepala)

Head cloth (kain kepala)

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana

Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1650

Public domainThe Met
Krishna fluting, folio from a Dasavatar series, by Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot (active early 18th century)

Krishna fluting, folio from a Dasavatar series

Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot (active early 18th century) · ca. 1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Krishna Revels with the Gopis: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherds)

Krishna Revels with the Gopis: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherds)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1630–40

Public domainThe Met
Panel

Panel

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana, by Master of the "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana

The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana

Master of the "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana · ca. 1560–65

Public domainThe Met
Sarong

Sarong

Artist not stated in the record · 1850–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Durga slaying the demon Mahisha (Mahishasuramardini), by Krishna Chandra

Durga slaying the demon Mahisha (Mahishasuramardini)

Krishna Chandra · 1850–70

Public domainThe Met
Krishna approaches Radha, folio from a Rasikpriya, by Nuruddin

Krishna approaches Radha, folio from a Rasikpriya

Nuruddin · dated 1690

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. 225 matched · 24 examined · 8 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. 980171 matched · 40 examined · 25 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 13:50 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.