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 “L. Rossi, active in Germany and France, ca. 1850” — 64 records examined, 9 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 10:26 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.
Quilt, Album pattern, by Brown and Turner families

Quilt, Album pattern

Brown and Turner families · begun 1846

Public domainThe Met
The Music Party, by L. Rossi, active in Germany and France, ca. 1850

The Music Party

L. Rossi, active in Germany and France, ca. 1850 · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Visitation, by Master Heinrich of Constance

The Visitation

Master Heinrich of Constance · ca. 1310–20

Public domainThe Met
St. Ignatius Loyola from St. Peter's colonnade, by Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773

St. Ignatius Loyola from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773 · ca. 1759–70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Claus de Werve

Virgin and Child

Claus de Werve · ca. 1415–19

Public domainThe Met
St. Lucy from St. Peter's colonnade, by Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773

St. Lucy from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773 · ca. 1759–70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, by The Limbourg Brothers

The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry

The Limbourg Brothers · 1405–1408/1409

Public domainThe Met
St. Balbina from St. Peter's colonnade, by Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773

St. Balbina from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773 · ca. 1759–70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rapier

Rapier

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1620–30

Public domainThe Met
L'Air, by L. Turgis Le Jeune, French, active Paris and New York, ca. 1855 - 1857

L'Air

L. Turgis Le Jeune, French, active Paris and New York, ca. 1855 - 1857 · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reliquary Bust of Saint Barbara, by Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden

Reliquary Bust of Saint Barbara

Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden · ca. 1465

Public domainThe Met
Isometric View of the Gardens and Villa d'este at Trivoli, by Giovanni Domenico Rossi, Italian, active 1640s

Isometric View of the Gardens and Villa d'este at Trivoli

Giovanni Domenico Rossi, Italian, active 1640s · 1573

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wheellock Rifle, by Caspar Spät

Wheellock Rifle

Caspar Spät · ca. 1640–50

Public domainThe Met
Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles, by Gilguin & Dupain, French, active 19th c.

Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles

Gilguin & Dupain, French, active 19th c. · ca. 1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tomb Effigy Bust of Marie de France (1327-41), daughter of Charles IV of France and Jeanne d'Evreux, by Jean de Liège

Tomb Effigy Bust of Marie de France (1327-41), daughter of Charles IV of France and Jeanne d'Evreux

Jean de Liège · ca. 1381

Public domainThe Met
Album of Architectural Prints, by François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777

Album of Architectural Prints

François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777 · ca. 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Blessing, Surrounded by a Donor Family, by German Painter

Christ Blessing, Surrounded by a Donor Family

German Painter · ca. 1573–82

Public domainThe Met
Dodecagonal Cup with Applied Flowers and Saucer, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Dodecagonal Cup with Applied Flowers and Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611), by Israel Schuech

Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611)

Israel Schuech · dated 1606

Public domainThe Met
An Artist's Studio, by Julie Bayer, German, active 1850

An Artist's Studio

Julie Bayer, German, active 1850 · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Clock, by Dubuc

Clock

Dubuc · 1815–20

Public domainThe Met
Knife with Porcelain Handle, by Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766

Knife with Porcelain Handle

Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766 · 18th–19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Four Knives with Porcelain Handles, by Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789

Four Knives with Porcelain Handles

Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789 · ca. 1735–1740

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. 1409 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 7482951 matched · 40 examined · 8 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 10:26 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.