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 “Panel with the moon goddess and attendants” — 64 records examined, 6 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-08 06:41 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 with the moon goddess and attendants

Panel with the moon goddess and attendants

Artist not stated in the record · 14th–15th century

Public domainThe Met
The Goddess Diana Leaning on an Outcropping, by Francesco Brizzi, Italian, 1574 - 1623

The Goddess Diana Leaning on an Outcropping

Francesco Brizzi, Italian, 1574 - 1623 · early 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Goddess who bestows riches, probably Sri Lakshmi

Goddess who bestows riches, probably Sri Lakshmi

Artist not stated in the record · 1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Mantel Clock Design, by Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

Mantel Clock Design

Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790 · 1775–94

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, by Hendrick ter Brugghen

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen · ca. 1624–25

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

Design for Doors

Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742 · 1686–1716

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel from a Portable Shrine: The Descent of the Buddha from Trayastrimsha Heaven

Panel from a Portable Shrine: The Descent of the Buddha from Trayastrimsha Heaven

Artist not stated in the record · 7th–8th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for Wall Decoration, Pompeiian Room, Palazzo Altieri, Rome, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Design for Wall Decoration, Pompeiian Room, Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1792

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gaja Lakshmi, Goddess of Fortune

Gaja Lakshmi, Goddess of Fortune

Artist not stated in the record · 6th century

Public domainThe Met
Wall Barometer Design, by Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

Wall Barometer Design

Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790 · 1775–94

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
Interior Wall Elevation with a Bed, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Interior Wall Elevation with a Bed

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1779-84

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
Title Page, by Thobie Tourneur, Le Thuraine, French, active ca. 1630 – ca. 1690

Title Page

Thobie Tourneur, Le Thuraine, French, active ca. 1630 – ca. 1690 · 1660

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Is Born as Man's Redeemer (Episode from the Story of the Redemption of Man)

Christ Is Born as Man's Redeemer (Episode from the Story of the Redemption of Man)

Artist not stated in the record · 1500–1520

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Thobie Tourneur, Le Thuraine, French, active ca. 1630 – ca. 1690

Title Page

Thobie Tourneur, Le Thuraine, French, active ca. 1630 – ca. 1690 · 1660

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sardonyx cameo of a goddess flanked by attendants

Sardonyx cameo of a goddess flanked by attendants

Artist not stated in the record · 1st century BCE–1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for Bedroom Furniture

Design for Bedroom Furniture

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with Goddess and Attendant

Plaque with Goddess and Attendant

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 100 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Interior Wall Elevation with a Chimneypiece, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Interior Wall Elevation with a Chimneypiece

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1779-84

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, by Fra Filippo Lippi

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

Fra Filippo Lippi · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
Interior Wall Elevation with a Bath, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Interior Wall Elevation with a Bath

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1779-84

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Temple of Dendur

The Temple of Dendur

Artist not stated in the record · completed by 10 CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Double Door with Overdoor, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for a Double Door with Overdoor

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1746–1809

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. 686 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. 1946670 matched · 40 examined · 6 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 06:41 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.