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 “Over There” — 64 records examined, 33 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 01:43 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.
Album of Drawings, by Filippo Juvarra

Album of Drawings

Filippo Juvarra · 1678–1736

Public domainThe Met
Over There

Over There

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1917

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flower Vase

Flower Vase

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Over There, by Albert Barbelle, 1887 - 1957

Over There

Albert Barbelle, 1887 - 1957 · 1917

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Xiangpu’s Treasure" Guqin (古琴 )

"Xiangpu’s Treasure" Guqin (古琴 )

Artist not stated in the record · mid 19th century

Public domainThe Met
"Back our girls over there" YWCA, by Underwood, Clarence F.

"Back our girls over there" YWCA

Underwood, Clarence F. · 1917 - 1921

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Crowned with Thorns, by Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio)

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio)

Public domainThe Met
Wallpaper Samples, by Sears, Roebuck and Co., founded 1886

Wallpaper Samples

Sears, Roebuck and Co., founded 1886 · 1914

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Holy Family with Shepherds, by Jacob Jordaens

The Holy Family with Shepherds

Jacob Jordaens · 1616

Public domainThe Met
"American Cities A.D. Scenery. City Hall New York", by Old Hall Works, English, 1835–1849

"American Cities A.D. Scenery. City Hall New York"

Old Hall Works, English, 1835–1849 · mid-19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jardinière, by Union Porcelain Works

Jardinière

Union Porcelain Works · 1876

Public domainThe Met
Various motifs and a stamp

Various motifs and a stamp

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th - mid 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
Folded letter by US Navy Surgeon David Shelton Edwards

Folded letter by US Navy Surgeon David Shelton Edwards

Artist not stated in the record · August 29, 1839

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman, by Quinten Massys

Portrait of a Woman

Quinten Massys · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
Placard from dance recital performance "Dance to Glory" by Studio A, by Studio A Modeling, Etiquette, and Dance Academy, American, founded 2002

Placard from dance recital performance "Dance to Glory" by Studio A

Studio A Modeling, Etiquette, and Dance Academy, American, founded 2002 · 2015

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist, by Bartolomeo di Giovanni

The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

Bartolomeo di Giovanni · ca. 1485–90

Public domainThe Met
Omega Psi Phi Colonel Charles E. Young Service medal and bracelet

Omega Psi Phi Colonel Charles E. Young Service medal and bracelet

Artist not stated in the record · 1934; 1978

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marble sarcophagus with garlands

Marble sarcophagus with garlands

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 200–225 CE

Public domainThe Met
Black wool wrap skirt with faux fur trim, by Unidentified

Black wool wrap skirt with faux fur trim

Unidentified · ca. 1965

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, by Edgar Degas

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

Edgar Degas · ca. 1874

Public domainThe Met
Design of Escutcheon with Coat of Arms, by Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650

Design of Escutcheon with Coat of Arms

Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650 · 1620–40

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
There Was No Business (No encontraron avio), by Leonardo Alenza y Nieto

There Was No Business (No encontraron avio)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto · 1807–45

Public domainThe Met
Brick fragments from the Chattahoochee Brick Company, by Chattahoochee Brick Company, American, 1878 - 1970s

Brick fragments from the Chattahoochee Brick Company

Chattahoochee Brick Company, American, 1878 - 1970s · late 19th century - early 20th century

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. 3066 matched · 24 examined · 6 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. 52889 matched · 40 examined · 27 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 01:43 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.