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 “Louis Landes” — 64 records examined, 33 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 05:15 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.
Broth bowl with cover and matching stand (écuelle), by Louis Landes

Broth bowl with cover and matching stand (écuelle)

Louis Landes · 1774

Public domainThe Met
Acalypha claoxyloides Hutch.

Acalypha claoxyloides Hutch.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Mar 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836), by Jacques Louis David

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836)

Jacques Louis David · 1788

Public domainThe Met
Portulaca oleracea L.

Portulaca oleracea L.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Mar 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Louis IX Carrying the Crown of Thorns

King Louis IX Carrying the Crown of Thorns

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1245–48

Public domainThe Met
Portulaca oleracea L.

Portulaca oleracea L.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Mar 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, by Charles-Théodore Frère

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives

Charles-Théodore Frère · by 1880

Public domainThe Met
Dactyloctenium ctenoides (Steud.) J. W. Lorch ex Bosser

Dactyloctenium ctenoides (Steud.) J. W. Lorch ex Bosser

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Mar 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Peasant Family, by Antoine Le Nain

A Peasant Family

Antoine Le Nain · ca. 1640–48

Public domainThe Met
Boerhavia repens L.

Boerhavia repens L.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Mar 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roman Landscape with a Shepherd and Sheep, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

Roman Landscape with a Shepherd and Sheep

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) · late 1640s

Public domainThe Met
Achyranthes aspera L.

Achyranthes aspera L.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Mar 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France, by Jean Pucelle

The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France

Jean Pucelle · ca. 1324–28

Public domainThe Met
Plumeria rubra L.

Plumeria rubra L.

Artist not stated in the record · 11 May 1933

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tara, the Buddhist Savior

Tara, the Buddhist Savior

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Semialarium mexicanum (Miers) Mennega

Semialarium mexicanum (Miers) Mennega

Artist not stated in the record · 3 May 1933

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tray, by Sèvres Manufactory

Tray

Sèvres Manufactory · 1836

Public domainThe Met
Eupatorium serotinum Michx.

Eupatorium serotinum Michx.

Artist not stated in the record · 9 Sep 1885

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe, by Eugène Delacroix

Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe

Eugène Delacroix · 1823

Public domainThe Met
Leptosarca antarctica Skottsb. in Kylin & Skottsb.

Leptosarca antarctica Skottsb. in Kylin & Skottsb.

Artist not stated in the record · 14 Jan 1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Monumental vase, by Pierre Philippe Thomire

Monumental vase

Pierre Philippe Thomire · lapidary work: early 19th century; pedestal and mounts: 1819

Public domainThe Met
Lands and Homes

Lands and Homes

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of Wheellock Pistols, by Giovan Antonio Gavacciolo

Pair of Wheellock Pistols

Giovan Antonio Gavacciolo · mid-17th century

Public domainThe Met
Western Union Telegram to Captain Benjamin B. Lipsner from Louis Gertson

Western Union Telegram to Captain Benjamin B. Lipsner from Louis Gertson

Artist not stated in the record · 1918

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. 211 matched · 24 examined · 5 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. 70590 matched · 40 examined · 28 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 05:15 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.