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 “Master of the "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana” — 64 records examined, 32 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 03:44 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 Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana, by Master of the "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana

The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana

Master of the "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana · ca. 1560–65

Public domainThe Met
Krishna and the Bow, folio 24 from the ‘Tula Ram’ Bhagavata Purana

Krishna and the Bow, folio 24 from the ‘Tula Ram’ Bhagavata Purana

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1720

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Nanda and Vasudeva: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu), by Master of the Dispersed Bhagavata Purana

Nanda and Vasudeva: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu)

Master of the Dispersed Bhagavata Purana · ca. 1520–30

Public domainThe Met
Krishna steals the clothes of the gopis, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

Krishna steals the clothes of the gopis, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1690-1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Demon Hiranyaksha Departs the Demon Palace: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series

The Demon Hiranyaksha Departs the Demon Palace: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740

Public domainThe Met
Krishna bids farewell, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

Krishna bids farewell, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1680-1690

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana

Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1650

Public domainThe Met
Krishna and his family admire a solar eclipse, perhaps a page from the “Kangra/Modi” Bhagavata Purana, by First generation after Nainsukh (active ca. 1710-1778)

Krishna and his family admire a solar eclipse, perhaps a page from the “Kangra/Modi” Bhagavata Purana

First generation after Nainsukh (active ca. 1710-1778) · 1775-1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Krishna killing the crane demon Bakasura. Preparatory drawing for Bhagavata Purana series, by family of Manaku

Krishna killing the crane demon Bakasura. Preparatory drawing for Bhagavata Purana series

family of Manaku · ca. 1780–90

Public domainThe Met
The Gopis Search for Krishna from a Bhagavata Purana

The Gopis Search for Krishna from a Bhagavata Purana

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Krishna Battles the Armies of the Demon Naraka: Page from a Bhagavata Purana Manuscript

Krishna Battles the Armies of the Demon Naraka: Page from a Bhagavata Purana Manuscript

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1540

Public domainThe Met
The sage-physician Dhanvantari, folio from the “Sixth” Bhagavata Purana series, also known as the “small” Guler-Basohli series, by Attributed to Manaku (active ca.1700-1760)

The sage-physician Dhanvantari, folio from the “Sixth” Bhagavata Purana series, also known as the “small” Guler-Basohli series

Attributed to Manaku (active ca.1700-1760) · ca. 1735-1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scenes from the Bhagavata Purana

Scenes from the Bhagavata Purana

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Rukmini elopes with Krishna, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

Rukmini elopes with Krishna, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Krishna Subduing Kaliya, the Snake Demon: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series, by First generation after Manaku and Nainsukh

Krishna Subduing Kaliya, the Snake Demon: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series

First generation after Manaku and Nainsukh · ca. 1785

Public domainThe Met
Krishna fluting, folio from a Dasavatar series, by Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot (active early 18th century)

Krishna fluting, folio from a Dasavatar series

Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot (active early 18th century) · ca. 1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Krishna Subdues the Serpent Kaliya in the Yamuna River: Illustration from a Bhagavata Purana Series, by Nainsukh

Krishna Subdues the Serpent Kaliya in the Yamuna River: Illustration from a Bhagavata Purana Series

Nainsukh · ca. 1780

Public domainThe Met
Petunia parviflora Juss.

Petunia parviflora Juss.

Artist not stated in the record · 21 May 1981

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1775–1800

Public domainThe Met
Krishna welcoming Sudama, from a Bhagavata Purna

Krishna welcoming Sudama, from a Bhagavata Purna

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1775–1800

Public domainThe Met
Xenocompsa semipolita

Xenocompsa semipolita

Artist not stated in the record · 19 Dec 1953

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Manuscript

Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Manuscript

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

Public domainThe Met
Mattel View-Master owned by Michael Holman

Mattel View-Master owned by Michael Holman

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1984

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. 62 matched · 24 examined · 4 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. 2983840 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 2026-08-27 03:44 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.