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. 21 shown for “Michael Bean” — 64 records examined, 34 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 17:23 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.
Crocodile whistle and rattle, by Maya artist(s)

Crocodile whistle and rattle

Maya artist(s) · 700–800 CE

Public domainThe Met
3c Washington essay large die proof, by Michael Bean

3c Washington essay large die proof

Michael Bean · 1851

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Protective Pendant, by Lower Niger Valley caster

Protective Pendant

Lower Niger Valley caster · 15th–19th century

Public domainThe Met
Sphaeromorphaea littoralis (Retz.) A.R. Bean

Sphaeromorphaea littoralis (Retz.) A.R. Bean

Artist not stated in the record · 22 Mar 1966

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
St. Michael Casting Down Lucifer, after Pier Francesco Mola, by Louis Jean Jacques Durameau

St. Michael Casting Down Lucifer, after Pier Francesco Mola

Louis Jean Jacques Durameau · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Alphitonia pomaderroides A.R. Bean

Alphitonia pomaderroides A.R. Bean

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 30/6/54

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Michael the Archangel and Another Figure Recommending a Soul to the Virgin and Child in Heaven, by Bartolomeo Biscaino

Saint Michael the Archangel and Another Figure Recommending a Soul to the Virgin and Child in Heaven

Bartolomeo Biscaino · 1629–57

Public domainThe Met
Pterocaulon tricholobum A.R. Bean

Pterocaulon tricholobum A.R. Bean

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 26/7/52

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael (recto); sketches of figures (verso), by Giuseppe Passeri (Passari)

The Archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael (recto); sketches of figures (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri (Passari) · 1654–1714

Public domainThe Met
Dallia pectoralis Bean

Dallia pectoralis Bean

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sketch of a statue: Nymph (or Nymph of the Rhine) by Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler, by Franz Xaver Schwanthaler

Sketch of a statue: Nymph (or Nymph of the Rhine) by Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler

Franz Xaver Schwanthaler · ca. 1850

Public domainThe Met
Dallia pectoralis Bean

Dallia pectoralis Bean

Artist not stated in the record · Feb 1877

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso), by Leonardo da Vinci

Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso)

Leonardo da Vinci · 1496

Public domainThe Met
Dallia pectoralis Bean

Dallia pectoralis Bean

Artist not stated in the record · Feb 1877

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Explanatory note relating to sculpture of Nymphy by Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler, by Franz Xaver Schwanthaler

Explanatory note relating to sculpture of Nymphy by Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler

Franz Xaver Schwanthaler · ca. 1850

Public domainThe Met
Dallia pectoralis Bean

Dallia pectoralis Bean

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stirrup-spout bottle with confronting figures

Stirrup-spout bottle with confronting figures

Artist not stated in the record · 500–800 CE

Public domainThe Met
Lycodes turneri Bean

Lycodes turneri Bean

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Mar 1876

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chicomecoatl goddess, by Mexica artist(s)

Chicomecoatl goddess

Mexica artist(s) · 1325–1521 CE

Public domainThe Met
Female figure, by Chupícuaro artist(s)

Female figure

Chupícuaro artist(s) · 400–100 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Female figure, by Chupícuaro artist(s)

Female figure

Chupícuaro artist(s) · 400–100 BCE

Public domainThe Met
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. 146 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. 33374 matched · 40 examined · 30 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.10 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-02 17:23 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.