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 “Letter to Oliver Wolcott from Ezekiel Williams” — 64 records examined, 25 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-31 23:50 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.
The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Glorification of the Barbaro Family

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · ca. 1750

Public domainThe Met
Letter to Oliver Wolcott from Ezekiel Williams

Letter to Oliver Wolcott from Ezekiel Williams

Artist not stated in the record · June 1, 1785

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), by Paul Gauguin

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)

Paul Gauguin · 1891

Public domainThe Met
Cover to Oliver Wolcott from Ezekiel Williams

Cover to Oliver Wolcott from Ezekiel Williams

Artist not stated in the record · June 1, 1785

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, by Jan van Eyck

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck · ca. 1436–38

Public domainThe Met
Document announcing Connecticut's opposition to banning free Blacks, by Oliver Wolcott Jr., 1760 - 1833

Document announcing Connecticut's opposition to banning free Blacks

Oliver Wolcott Jr., 1760 - 1833 · 1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coronation of the Virgin, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

Coronation of the Virgin

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

Public domainThe Met
U.S. Sanitary Commission [Henry W. Bellows et al.]

U.S. Sanitary Commission [Henry W. Bellows et al.]

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sampler, by Eliza Hodges Oliver

Sampler

Eliza Hodges Oliver · 1829

Public domainThe Met
U.S. Sanitary Commission [Henry W. Bellows et al.]

U.S. Sanitary Commission [Henry W. Bellows et al.]

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Olive Trees, by Vincent van Gogh

Olive Trees

Vincent van Gogh · 1889

Public domainThe Met
U.S. Sanitary Commission [Henry W. Bellows et al.]

U.S. Sanitary Commission [Henry W. Bellows et al.]

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Agony in the Garden, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

The Agony in the Garden

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

Public domainThe Met
U.S. Sanitary Commission [Henry W. Bellows et al.]

U.S. Sanitary Commission [Henry W. Bellows et al.]

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tile from a Mihrab

Tile from a Mihrab

Artist not stated in the record · dated 722 AH/1322–23 CE

Public domainThe Met
U.S. Sanitary Commission [Henry W. Bellows et al.]

U.S. Sanitary Commission [Henry W. Bellows et al.]

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930), by Vincent van Gogh

La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930)

Vincent van Gogh · 1889

Public domainThe Met
U.S. Sanitary Commission [Henry W. Bellows et al.]

U.S. Sanitary Commission [Henry W. Bellows et al.]

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Young Ladies of the Village, by Gustave Courbet

Young Ladies of the Village

Gustave Courbet · 1851–52

Public domainThe Met
Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Vol. II

Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Vol. II

Artist not stated in the record · 1828

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Appearing to His Mother, by Juan de Flandes

Christ Appearing to His Mother

Juan de Flandes · ca. 1496

Public domainThe Met
Oliver Wolcott, by James Barton Longacre, born Delaware County, PA 1794-died Philadelphia, PA 1869

Oliver Wolcott

James Barton Longacre, born Delaware County, PA 1794-died Philadelphia, PA 1869

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field, by Robert Peake the Elder

Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field

Robert Peake the Elder · 1603

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Oliver Wolcott Gibbs (1822-1908), by Warren, George Kendall 1824-1884

Portrait of Oliver Wolcott Gibbs (1822-1908)

Warren, George Kendall 1824-1884 · 1870

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. 69 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 1318236 matched · 40 examined · 23 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 2026-08-31 23:50 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.