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 “Painter of New York 69.232” — 64 records examined, 25 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 17:54 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.
Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup), by Painter of New York 69.232

Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Painter of New York 69.232 · ca. 410–380 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Winslow Homer, by Thomas A. Gray, active 1863

Winslow Homer

Thomas A. Gray, active 1863 · 1863

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar), by Princeton Group

Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)

Princeton Group · ca. 540–530 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Self-Portrait, by Eastman Johnson, American, b. Lovell, Maine, 1824–1906

Self-Portrait

Eastman Johnson, American, b. Lovell, Maine, 1824–1906 · 1891

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar), by New York Nessos Painter

Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar)

New York Nessos Painter · second quarter of the 7th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Hudson Iron Works, Hudson, New York, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Hudson Iron Works, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · 1844–45

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl), by Painter of New York GR 1000

Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)

Painter of New York GR 1000 · ca. 350–325 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Self-Portrait, by Oliver Ingraham Lay, born New York City 1845-died 1890

Self-Portrait

Oliver Ingraham Lay, born New York City 1845-died 1890 · 1882

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armorial dish: Supper at the House of Simon the Pharisee, by Maestro Giorgio Andreoli

Armorial dish: Supper at the House of Simon the Pharisee

Maestro Giorgio Andreoli · 1528

Public domainThe Met
John Wesley Jarvis, by Henry Inman, born Utica, NY 1801-died New York City 1846

John Wesley Jarvis

Henry Inman, born Utica, NY 1801-died New York City 1846 · 1822

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Blessing, Surrounded by a Donor Family, by German Painter

Christ Blessing, Surrounded by a Donor Family

German Painter · ca. 1573–82

Public domainThe Met
John Frederick Kensett, by Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896

John Frederick Kensett

Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta pyxis (box), by Penthesilea Painter

Terracotta pyxis (box)

Penthesilea Painter · ca. 465–460 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Reverie, by Imbert, Anthony

Reverie

Imbert, Anthony · ca 1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta amphora (jar), by Group E

Terracotta amphora (jar)

Group E · ca. 550 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Thomas Cummings and James Shegogue, by Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861

Thomas Cummings and James Shegogue

Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861 · 1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), by Amasis Painter

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Amasis Painter · ca. 550–530 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Albert Bierstadt, by Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896

Albert Bierstadt

Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896 · c. 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora, by Euphiletos Painter

Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora

Euphiletos Painter · ca. 530 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Frederick Edwin Church, by Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896

Frederick Edwin Church

Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896 · c. 1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish (piatto): Vulcan forging an arrow for Cupid, by the "Milan Marsyas" Painter

Dish (piatto): Vulcan forging an arrow for Cupid

the "Milan Marsyas" Painter · ca. 1530

Public domainThe Met
Storm King on the Hudson, by Samuel Colman, born Portland, ME 1832-died New York City 1920

Storm King on the Hudson

Samuel Colman, born Portland, ME 1832-died New York City 1920 · 1866

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish (coppa amatoria), by "In Castel Durante" Painter

Dish (coppa amatoria)

"In Castel Durante" Painter · ca. 1530

Public domainThe Met
Henry Ward Ranger, by Alphonse Jongers, 17 Nov 1872 - 2 Oct 1945

Henry Ward Ranger

Alphonse Jongers, 17 Nov 1872 - 2 Oct 1945 · c. 1897-1928

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. 6387 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 3059349 matched · 40 examined · 24 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 17:54 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.