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 “Lake Sentani artist” — 64 records examined, 12 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 07:26 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.
House post figure, by Lake Sentani artist

House post figure

Lake Sentani artist · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Talipariti dalbertisii (F. Muell.) Fryxell

Talipariti dalbertisii (F. Muell.) Fryxell

Artist not stated in the record · Apr 1945

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lake George, by John Frederick Kensett

Lake George

John Frederick Kensett · 1869

Public domainThe Met
Pothos papuanus Becc. ex Engl.

Pothos papuanus Becc. ex Engl.

Artist not stated in the record · 17 Nov 1961

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Nose Ornament with Shrimp

Nose Ornament with Shrimp

Artist not stated in the record · 500-800 CE

Public domainThe Met
Chloris barbata Sw.

Chloris barbata Sw.

Artist not stated in the record · Apr 1945

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Deceased Being Towed in a Boat, Tomb of Rekhmire, by Nina de Garis Davies

Deceased Being Towed in a Boat, Tomb of Rekhmire

Nina de Garis Davies · ca. 1479–1396 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Capillipedium parviflorum (R. Br.) Stapf

Capillipedium parviflorum (R. Br.) Stapf

Artist not stated in the record · 1945

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Lake of Zug, by Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Lake of Zug

Joseph Mallord William Turner · 1843

Public domainThe Met
Mangifera minor Blume

Mangifera minor Blume

Artist not stated in the record · Jun 1956

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
An Evening beside Lake Arresø, by Johan Thomas Lundbye

An Evening beside Lake Arresø

Johan Thomas Lundbye · ca. 1837

Public domainThe Met
Rottboellia rottboellioides (R. Br.) Druce

Rottboellia rottboellioides (R. Br.) Druce

Artist not stated in the record · Apr 1945

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chalchiuhtlicue, by Mexica artist(s)

Chalchiuhtlicue

Mexica artist(s) · 1325–1521 CE

Public domainThe Met
Sorghum nitidum (Vahl) Pers.

Sorghum nitidum (Vahl) Pers.

Artist not stated in the record · 1945

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Book of the Gospels, by Northern Highlands artist

Book of the Gospels

Northern Highlands artist · late 14th–early 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Arundinella setosa Trin.

Arundinella setosa Trin.

Artist not stated in the record · Apr 1945

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Icon triptych of Ewosṭatewos and eight of his disciples, by Northern Highlands artist

Icon triptych of Ewosṭatewos and eight of his disciples

Northern Highlands artist · late 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Epipremnum amplissimum (Schott) Engl.

Epipremnum amplissimum (Schott) Engl.

Artist not stated in the record · 17 Nov 1961

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mountain Lake Scene, by John William Casilear

Mountain Lake Scene

John William Casilear · 1883

Public domainThe Met
Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl

Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl

Artist not stated in the record · Apr 1945

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lake Nemi and Genzano from the Terrace of the Capuchin Monastery, by Richard Wilson

Lake Nemi and Genzano from the Terrace of the Capuchin Monastery

Richard Wilson · ca. 1756–57

Public domainThe Met
Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl

Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl

Artist not stated in the record · May 1945

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Face, by Olmec artist(s)

Face

Olmec artist(s) · 900–400 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Mucuna nova-guineensis Scheff.

Mucuna nova-guineensis Scheff.

Artist not stated in the record · Apr 1945

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. 1065 matched · 24 examined · 11 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. 245290 matched · 40 examined · 1 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 2026-09-01 07:26 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.