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 Story of Joseph” — 64 records examined, 27 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 11:02 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.
Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of His Fellow Prisoners, by Master of the Story of Joseph

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of His Fellow Prisoners

Master of the Story of Joseph

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
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
Joseph sold by his brothers, from the Story of Joseph, by Georg Pencz, German, 1500–1550

Joseph sold by his brothers, from the Story of Joseph

Georg Pencz, German, 1500–1550 · 1546

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

The Spiritual Master Padmasambhava

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Master Peters, by Joseph Wood, born Clarkstown, NY 1778-died Washington, DC 1830

Master Peters

Joseph Wood, born Clarkstown, NY 1778-died Washington, DC 1830 · 1804

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
American Expeditionary Forces military cover

American Expeditionary Forces military cover

Artist not stated in the record · 1918

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Story of Joseph, by Biagio d'Antonio

The Story of Joseph

Biagio d'Antonio

Public domainThe Met
Relocation of Joseph Henry Statue, by United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

Relocation of Joseph Henry Statue

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory · 1934

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
Relocation of Joseph Henry Statue, by United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

Relocation of Joseph Henry Statue

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory · 1934

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
San Jose, by Master of "La Merced", active 18th century

San Jose

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland, by Jacob Halder

Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland

Jacob Halder · 1586

Public domainThe Met
Joseph Henry Statue, by United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

Joseph Henry Statue

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory · 1934

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), by Robert Campin

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Robert Campin · ca. 1427–32

Public domainThe Met
Embroidered picture

Embroidered picture

Artist not stated in the record · mid-17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hercules and Achelous, by Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Hercules and Achelous

Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian · probably mid-17th century

Public domainThe Met
Album of Prints: New Book of Vases by Voisin Fils, by François Voisin, French, active 18th century

Album of Prints: New Book of Vases by Voisin Fils

François Voisin, French, active 18th century · 1786-1789

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
James Kent and Joseph Story, by Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861

James Kent and Joseph Story

Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861 · 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Shepherds, by Andrea Mantegna

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Andrea Mantegna · shortly after 1450

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Clara Fasano, by Joseph Stella, born Muro Lucano, Italy 1877-died New York City 1946

Portrait of Clara Fasano

Joseph Stella, born Muro Lucano, Italy 1877-died New York City 1946 · 1943

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. 23859 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 3024574 matched · 40 examined · 26 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 2026-08-28 11:02 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.