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 “Monastery Bell” — 64 records examined, 10 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 10:52 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.
Monastery Bell

Monastery Bell

Artist not stated in the record · 1879

Public domainThe Met
Bell Tower, Hotel San Dominico (Old Monastery, Taormina, Sicily), by Cass Gilbert, born Zanesville, OH 1858-died Brockenhurst, England 1934

Bell Tower, Hotel San Dominico (Old Monastery, Taormina, Sicily)

Cass Gilbert, born Zanesville, OH 1858-died Brockenhurst, England 1934 · 1933

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lake Nemi and Genzano from the Terrace of the Capuchin Monastery, by Richard Wilson

Lake Nemi and Genzano from the Terrace of the Capuchin Monastery

Richard Wilson · ca. 1756–57

Public domainThe Met
Crotalaria sp.

Crotalaria sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Nov 1997

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Icon triptych of Ewosṭatewos and eight of his disciples, by Northern Highlands artist

Icon triptych of Ewosṭatewos and eight of his disciples

Northern Highlands artist · late 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Urena lobata L.

Urena lobata L.

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Nov 1997

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double Capital

Double Capital

Artist not stated in the record · 1450–1500

Public domainThe Met
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.

Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Nov 1997

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Booklet with Scenes of the Passion

Booklet with Scenes of the Passion

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300 (carving); ca. 1310–20 (painting)

Public domainThe Met
Indet. sp.

Indet. sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Nov 1997

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Confronted Animal Rug

Confronted Animal Rug

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Indet. sp.

Indet. sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Nov 1997

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tomb of Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell

Tomb of Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300–1350

Public domainThe Met
Indet. sp.

Indet. sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Nov 1997

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Entombment of Christ, by Luisa Roldán, called La Roldana

The Entombment of Christ

Luisa Roldán, called La Roldana · 1700–1701

Public domainThe Met
Azanza lampas (Cav.) Alef.

Azanza lampas (Cav.) Alef.

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Nov 1997

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, by The Limbourg Brothers

The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry

The Limbourg Brothers · 1405–1408/1409

Public domainThe Met
Selaginella sp.

Selaginella sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Nov 1997

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double Tomb of Don Àlvar Rodrigo de Cabrera, Count of Urgell and His Wife Cecília of Foix

Double Tomb of Don Àlvar Rodrigo de Cabrera, Count of Urgell and His Wife Cecília of Foix

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300–1350

Public domainThe Met
Indet. sp.

Indet. sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Nov 1997

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ before Pilate; The Resurrection, by Ludwig Schongauer

Christ before Pilate; The Resurrection

Ludwig Schongauer

Public domainThe Met
Lygodium sp.

Lygodium sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Nov 1997

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Su Shi (Dongpo) in a Bamboo Hat and Clogs, by Zuigan Ryūsei

Su Shi (Dongpo) in a Bamboo Hat and Clogs

Zuigan Ryūsei · before 1460

Public domainThe Met
Indet. sp.

Indet. sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 8 Nov 1997

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. 47 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 14172 matched · 40 examined · 7 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 10:52 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.