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 “One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel” — 64 records examined, 0 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-08 14:13 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.
Panel

Panel

Artist not stated in the record · second half 8th century

Public domainThe Met
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Artist not stated in the record · 1675-1699

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Architectural woodwork and paneling, by George A. Schastey & Co.

Architectural woodwork and paneling

George A. Schastey & Co. · 1881–82

Public domainThe Met
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel, by Francesco Bedeschini, Italian

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian · 1675-1699

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sheet-gold decoration for a sword scabbard

Sheet-gold decoration for a sword scabbard

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 340–320 BCE

Public domainThe Met
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel, by Francesco Bedeschini, Italian

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian · 1675-1699

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Holy Family with an Angel, by Raffaellino del Garbo (also known as Raffaelle de' Capponi and Raffaelle de' Carli)

Holy Family with an Angel

Raffaellino del Garbo (also known as Raffaelle de' Capponi and Raffaelle de' Carli) · ca. 1490

Public domainThe Met
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel, by Francesco Bedeschini, Italian

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian · 1675-1699

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Boiserie from the Hôtel Lauzun

Boiserie from the Hôtel Lauzun

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1770, with one modern panel

Public domainThe Met
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel, by Francesco Bedeschini, Italian

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian · 1675-1699

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

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Robert Campin · ca. 1427–32

Public domainThe Met
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel, by Francesco Bedeschini, Italian

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian · 1675-1699

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Feathered panel, by Wari artist(s)

Feathered panel

Wari artist(s) · 650–1000 CE

Public domainThe Met
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel, by Francesco Bedeschini, Italian

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian · 1675-1699

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond, by Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso

Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso · after ca. 1461

Public domainThe Met
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel, by Francesco Bedeschini, Italian

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian · 1675-1699

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel with Byzantine Ivory Carving of the Crucifixion

Panel with Byzantine Ivory Carving of the Crucifixion

Artist not stated in the record · 10th century (ivory); late 11th century (setting)

Public domainThe Met
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel, by Francesco Bedeschini, Italian

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian · 1675-1699

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", by Georges Seurat

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"

Georges Seurat · 1884

Public domainThe Met
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel, by Francesco Bedeschini, Italian

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian · 1675-1699

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Morgan Casket

Morgan Casket

Artist not stated in the record · 11th–12th century

Public domainThe Met
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of thirteen vertical panels, by Francesco Bedeschini, Italian

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of thirteen vertical panels

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian · 1675-1699

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saddle

Saddle

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

Public domainThe Met
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a horizontal panel, by Francesco Bedeschini, Italian

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a horizontal panel

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian · 1675-1699

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. 6252 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. 7485779 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 2026-09-08 14:13 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.