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. 23 shown for “Panel for a decorative frieze with portrait of Poussin (from a set of six)” — 64 records examined, 0 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-29 05:11 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 for a decorative frieze with portrait of Poussin (from a set of six)

Panel for a decorative frieze with portrait of Poussin (from a set of six)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1771

Public domainThe Met
Design for Doors, by Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742

Design for Doors

Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742 · 1686–1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel

Panel

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

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Panel, Fire Screen, and Andirons, by Gilles Antoine Demarteau, Flemish, 1750 – 1802

Designs for a Panel, Fire Screen, and Andirons

Gilles Antoine Demarteau, Flemish, 1750 – 1802 · ca. 1782

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Abduction of the Sabine Women, by Nicolas Poussin

The Abduction of the Sabine Women

Nicolas Poussin · probably 1633–34

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Vertical Friezes or Pilasters, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Designs for Vertical Friezes or Pilasters

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1749-1761

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, by Nicolas Poussin

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun

Nicolas Poussin · 1658

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Niche with a Buffet, by Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739

Design for a Niche with a Buffet

Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel for a decorative frieze with portrait of Bernini (from a set of six)

Panel for a decorative frieze with portrait of Bernini (from a set of six)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1771

Public domainThe Met
Chaire de l’Eglise St Estienne du Mont de Mr. Fremery sur les desseins de Mr. Sarazin, by Martin Frémery, French, active ca. 1650 – ca. 1685

Chaire de l’Eglise St Estienne du Mont de Mr. Fremery sur les desseins de Mr. Sarazin

Martin Frémery, French, active ca. 1650 – ca. 1685 · 1657–1716

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Commode à vantaux, by David Roentgen

Commode à vantaux

David Roentgen · ca. 1775–79 with later alterations

Public domainThe Met
Arcove ceintré Antique, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Arcove ceintré Antique

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1792–1814

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
Decorative Panel Designs, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Decorative Panel Designs

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1773

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement, by Fra Filippo Lippi

Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement

Fra Filippo Lippi · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
Designs for an Interior Wall Elevation, by Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742

Designs for an Interior Wall Elevation

Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742 · 1686–1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Modern copy of a panel for a decorative frieze with portrait of Carracci (from an original set of six)

Modern copy of a panel for a decorative frieze with portrait of Carracci (from an original set of six)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1771

Public domainThe Met
Fork with Eight-Paneled Agate Handle, by William Boswell, active London, late 17th century.

Fork with Eight-Paneled Agate Handle

William Boswell, active London, late 17th century. · late 17th century

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
Knife with Eight-Paneled Agate Handle, by William Boswell, active London, late 17th century.

Knife with Eight-Paneled Agate Handle

William Boswell, active London, late 17th century. · late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Knife with Eight-Paneled Agate Handle, by William Boswell, active London, late 17th century.

Knife with Eight-Paneled Agate Handle

William Boswell, active London, late 17th century. · late 17th century

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

Feathered panel

Wari artist(s) · 650–1000 CE

Public domainThe Met
Knife with Eight-Paneled Agate Handle, by William Boswell, active London, late 17th century.

Knife with Eight-Paneled Agate Handle

William Boswell, active London, late 17th century. · late 17th 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. 1531 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. 3983917 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 2026-08-29 05:11 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.