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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. 23 shown for “Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Endymion” — 64 records examined, 3 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 10:28 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.
Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Endymion

Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Endymion

Artist not stated in the record · mid-2nd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Altar Mensa for the Capella Paolina (Borghese Chapel), Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy, by Mario Asprucci The Younger, Italian, 1764 – 1804

Altar Mensa for the Capella Paolina (Borghese Chapel), Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy

Mario Asprucci The Younger, Italian, 1764 – 1804 · ca. 1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Selene and Endymion

Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Selene and Endymion

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

Public domainThe Met
Project: the elevation of an altar, intended to be executed with colored marbles

Project: the elevation of an altar, intended to be executed with colored marbles

Artist not stated in the record · 1770–1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tapestry Room from Croome Court, by Robert Adam

Tapestry Room from Croome Court

Robert Adam · 1763–71

Public domainThe Met
Project for a Sepulchral Monument

Project for a Sepulchral Monument

Artist not stated in the record · 1600–1625

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Commode, by André Charles Boulle

Commode

André Charles Boulle · ca. 1710–20

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Sepulchral Monument for Three Brothers

Design for a Sepulchral Monument for Three Brothers

Artist not stated in the record · 1590–1610

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marble sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons

Marble sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 260–270 CE

Public domainThe Met
Diane et Endymion

Diane et Endymion

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1785

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marble sarcophagus with garlands and the myth of Theseus and Ariadne

Marble sarcophagus with garlands and the myth of Theseus and Ariadne

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 130–150 CE

Public domainThe Met
Roman Sarcophagus, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Roman Sarcophagus

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · October 1868 - April 1869

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marble sarcophagus with garlands

Marble sarcophagus with garlands

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 200–225 CE

Public domainThe Met
Sepulchral Monument, by Mauro Antonio Tesi, Italian, 1730 - 1766

Sepulchral Monument

Mauro Antonio Tesi, Italian, 1730 - 1766 · ca. 1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Barberini Cabinet, by Galleria dei Lavori, Florence

Barberini Cabinet

Galleria dei Lavori, Florence · ca. 1606–23

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Capital, Sarcophagus, and Relief, by Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872

Designs for a Capital, Sarcophagus, and Relief

Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872 · ca. 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Right corner of a marble sarcophagus with the myth of Apollo and the satyr Marsyas

Right corner of a marble sarcophagus with the myth of Apollo and the satyr Marsyas

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 210–230 CE

Public domainThe Met
Four Designs for Sepulchral Monuments, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Four Designs for Sepulchral Monuments

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1746-1809

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Eight tombs, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Eight tombs

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1790-1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Lives of Saint Peter and Christ

Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Lives of Saint Peter and Christ

Artist not stated in the record · early 300s, with modern restoration

Public domainThe Met
Monument of King Louis XVI of France, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Monument of King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido, by Biduinus

Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido

Biduinus · ca. 1175

Public domainThe Met
Stuart Monument, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Stuart Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

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. 109 matched · 24 examined · 0 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. 3012619 matched · 40 examined · 3 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 10:28 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.