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 “Model of a House with Amorous Couple” — 64 records examined, 18 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 07:51 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.
Model of a House with Amorous Couple

Model of a House with Amorous Couple

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
The Worship of Amor Vincitor, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

The Worship of Amor Vincitor

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · ca. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Model of a Porch and Garden

Model of a Porch and Garden

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1981–1975 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hazomanga finial, by Sakalava artist

Hazomanga finial

Sakalava artist · 17th–late 18th century

Public domainThe Met
La Demande en Marriage

La Demande en Marriage

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Model of a House

Model of a House

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750–1700 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Love and friendship

Love and friendship

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
House model, by Nayarit artist(s)

House model

Nayarit artist(s) · 200 BCE–300 CE

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Friezes, by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

Designs for Friezes

Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820 · 1777-1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
House model, by Nayarit artist(s)

House model

Nayarit artist(s) · 200 BCE–300 CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Le Capricorne (Capricorn) from le Zodiac Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service, by Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Le Capricorne (Capricorn) from le Zodiac Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service

Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849 · 1824

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Amor Caritas, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Amor Caritas

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · 1880–98, cast 1918

Public domainThe Met
Country scenes

Country scenes

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1835

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saddle

Saddle

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1400–1420

Public domainThe Met
Fragments

Fragments

Artist not stated in the record · 1775–95

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mill

Mill

Artist not stated in the record · 1st–early 3rd century

Public domainThe Met
The Sense of Sight

The Sense of Sight

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Andiron with figure of Juno (chenet) (one of a pair), by Alessandro Algardi

Andiron with figure of Juno (chenet) (one of a pair)

Alessandro Algardi · late 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Baldwin's Patent Model of a Flexible Beam Locomotive - ca 1842

Baldwin's Patent Model of a Flexible Beam Locomotive - ca 1842

Artist not stated in the record · ca 1842

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case Bottle with an Amorous Couple and a Lady with a Deer

Case Bottle with an Amorous Couple and a Lady with a Deer

Artist not stated in the record · first half 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Ten of Hearts, by E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

Ten of Hearts

E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Cupid and Psyche: Four Octagons and Eight Drawings of Cupid, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Cupid and Psyche: Four Octagons and Eight Drawings of Cupid

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1810–15

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. 1294 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. 3889424 matched · 40 examined · 18 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 2026-09-03 07:51 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.