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 Acts of Mercy” — 64 records examined, 21 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 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 Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence; (reverse) Giving Drink to the Thirsty, by Master of the Acts of Mercy

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence; (reverse) Giving Drink to the Thirsty

Master of the Acts of Mercy

Public domainThe Met
Proof copy of the first printing of The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, by United States Congress, American, founded 1789

Proof copy of the first printing of The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

United States Congress, American, founded 1789 · 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lupona (royal seat), by Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the "Buli Master"

Lupona (royal seat)

Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the "Buli Master" · ca. 1840–1870

Public domainThe Met
Flier for “The Final Countdown - The Battle, Cosmic Force vs. The Funky 4”, by Eddie Ed, American

Flier for “The Final Countdown - The Battle, Cosmic Force vs. The Funky 4”

Eddie Ed, American · December 19, 1981

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Virgin and Child in Majesty and the Adoration of the Magi, by Master of Pedret

The Virgin and Child in Majesty and the Adoration of the Magi

Master of Pedret · ca. 1100

Public domainThe Met
Flier for “NY’s Best in Concert” at the Audubon Ballroom, by Unidentified

Flier for “NY’s Best in Concert” at the Audubon Ballroom

Unidentified · September 12, 1980

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family, by Master of the Dinteville Allegory

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family

Master of the Dinteville Allegory · 1537

Public domainThe Met
Mercy's Hand and Arm, Study for "Mercy's Dream", by Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

Mercy's Hand and Arm, Study for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906 · 1857

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Spiritual Master Padmasambhava

The Spiritual Master Padmasambhava

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Cautivo de la Virgen de la Merced, by Master of "La Merced", active 18th century

Cautivo de la Virgen de la Merced

Master of "La Merced", active 18th century · early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Flagellation; (reverse) The Madonna of Mercy, by Girolamo Romanino

The Flagellation; (reverse) The Madonna of Mercy

Girolamo Romanino · ca. 1540

Public domainThe Met
Masonic certificate signed by Arturo Schomburg, by Most Worshipful Stringer Grand Lodge of Freemasons, Prince Hall Affiliation, founded 1873

Masonic certificate signed by Arturo Schomburg

Most Worshipful Stringer Grand Lodge of Freemasons, Prince Hall Affiliation, founded 1873 · March 5, 1919

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Margaret of Austria, by Jean Hey (called Master of Moulins)

Margaret of Austria

Jean Hey (called Master of Moulins) · ca. 1490

Public domainThe Met
Studies for Angel in "Mercy's Dream", by Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

Studies for Angel in "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906 · 1857–58

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Staff finial with seated woman, by "Master of the Frontal Concentric Circles"

Staff finial with seated woman

"Master of the Frontal Concentric Circles" · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Figure Study of Mercy for "Mercy's Dream", by Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

Figure Study of Mercy for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906 · 1857–58

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Death of the Virgin (The Dormition), by Tilman Heysacker

The Death of the Virgin (The Dormition)

Tilman Heysacker · late 15th century

Public domainThe Met
LE MAITRE D'ARMES, by Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

LE MAITRE D'ARMES

Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · 1743

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Linga with Face of Shiva (Ekamukhalinga)

Linga with Face of Shiva (Ekamukhalinga)

Artist not stated in the record · 7th century

Public domainThe Met
Dites Merci, by Meillier et Cie

Dites Merci

Meillier et Cie · ca. 1798

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saints Bartholomew and Simon, by Master of Saint Francis

Saints Bartholomew and Simon

Master of Saint Francis · ca. 1272

Public domainThe Met
Study of Mercy for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death", by Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

Study of Mercy for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906 · 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion, by Master of the Codex of Saint George

The Crucifixion

Master of the Codex of Saint George · ca. 1330–35

Public domainThe Met
Study of Angel's Head for "Mercy's Dream", by Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

Study of Angel's Head for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906 · 1857

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. 12302 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. 2983885 matched · 40 examined · 21 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 2026-08-26 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.