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. 22 shown for “Painted wooden panel of Tabakenkhonsu” — 64 records examined, 30 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 15:38 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.
Painted wooden panel of Tabakenkhonsu

Painted wooden panel of Tabakenkhonsu

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 680–670 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Wall Elevation of the Bedroom of the Prince de Rohan, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, by Germain Boffrand, French, 1667–1754

Wall Elevation of the Bedroom of the Prince de Rohan, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris

Germain Boffrand, French, 1667–1754 · 1735–36

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel, by Charles Lepec

Panel

Charles Lepec · 1886/87

Public domainThe Met
Lizard Wall Hanging, by Ira Blount

Lizard Wall Hanging

Ira Blount · 2000

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel Carved in the "Beveled Style" with Remains of Later Polychromy

Panel Carved in the "Beveled Style" with Remains of Later Polychromy

Artist not stated in the record · last quarter 10th century

Public domainThe Met
Fokker T-2 Instrument Panel

Fokker T-2 Instrument Panel

Artist not stated in the record · 1923

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Outer Coffin of Tabakenkhonsu

Outer Coffin of Tabakenkhonsu

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 721–664 BCE

Public domainThe Met
The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine

The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine

Artist not stated in the record · late 16th–early 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tabernacle House Altar with the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Annunciation., by Reinhold Vasters

Tabernacle House Altar with the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Annunciation.

Reinhold Vasters · second half 16th century (panels); ca. 1865–90 (frame)

Public domainThe Met
Birdcage in the Form of the Rialto Bridge

Birdcage in the Form of the Rialto Bridge

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th–early 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus, by Gerard David

Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus

Gerard David · ca. 1510

Public domainThe Met
"AFD Hose One" Decorative Panel, by unknown

"AFD Hose One" Decorative Panel

unknown · ca 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate, by Gerard David

Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate

Gerard David · ca. 1510

Public domainThe Met
Lectern used by Reverend Dr. Clay Evans at Fellowship Baptist Church

Lectern used by Reverend Dr. Clay Evans at Fellowship Baptist Church

Artist not stated in the record · 1973

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shrine, by Matthias Walbaum

Shrine

Matthias Walbaum · 1598–1600

Public domainThe Met
Washboard

Washboard

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coffin of Khnumnakht

Coffin of Khnumnakht

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850–1750 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Bedframe owned by the Ellis family, by Unidentified

Bedframe owned by the Ellis family

Unidentified · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) · ca. 1455–60

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Corridor to the Chinese Gallery, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, by Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

Design for the Corridor to the Chinese Gallery, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859 · 1815–19

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reconstruction of Geometric Decoration

Reconstruction of Geometric Decoration

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor, by Joos van Cleve

The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor

Joos van Cleve · ca. 1520

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. 193 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. 2866880 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 2026-08-27 15:38 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.