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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 “Paneling from the parlor of Marmion, King George County, Virginia” — 64 records examined, 26 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 00:14 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.
Paneling from the parlor of Marmion, King George County, Virginia

Paneling from the parlor of Marmion, King George County, Virginia

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1756

Public domainThe Met
Wall Elevation with Panels of Chinese Figures, for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, by Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

Wall Elevation with Panels of Chinese Figures, for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859 · 1815–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Woodwork of a Room from the Colden House, Coldenham, New York

Woodwork of a Room from the Colden House, Coldenham, New York

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1767

Public domainThe Met
Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin.

Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin.

Artist not stated in the record · 13 Jul 2016

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Magi, by Bartolo di Fredi

The Adoration of the Magi

Bartolo di Fredi · ca. 1390

Public domainThe Met
Asclepias syriaca L.

Asclepias syriaca L.

Artist not stated in the record · 20 Oct 2015

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Fortune-Teller, by Georges de La Tour

The Fortune-Teller

Georges de La Tour · probably 1630s

Public domainThe Met
Diospyros virginiana L.

Diospyros virginiana L.

Artist not stated in the record · 20 Oct 2015

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895), by Auguste Renoir

Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895)

Auguste Renoir · 1878

Public domainThe Met
George Washington to Anne Louise DuBarry franked "President U.S." folded letter

George Washington to Anne Louise DuBarry franked "President U.S." folded letter

Artist not stated in the record · August 1796

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Censer with seated king, by Maya artist(s)

Censer with seated king

Maya artist(s) · 300–400 CE

Public domainThe Met
Lambris, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries., by Jean Lemoyne, French, 1638 – 1715

Lambris, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries.

Jean Lemoyne, French, 1638 – 1715 · 1710

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coronation of the Virgin, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

Coronation of the Virgin

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

Public domainThe Met
Lambris, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries., by Jean Lemoyne, French, 1638 – 1715

Lambris, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries.

Jean Lemoyne, French, 1638 – 1715 · 1710

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

Public domainThe Met
Rufus King, by Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828

Rufus King

Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828 · 1819-20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Conquest of Naples by Charles of Durazzo, by Master of Charles of Durazzo

The Conquest of Naples by Charles of Durazzo

Master of Charles of Durazzo · 1381–82

Public domainThe Met
Grand Trumeau de la Galerie d’Apollon, by Jean Bérain the Younger, French, 1674 – 1726

Grand Trumeau de la Galerie d’Apollon

Jean Bérain the Younger, French, 1674 – 1726 · 1710

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scenes from the Legend of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics

Scenes from the Legend of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1245–47

Public domainThe Met
Grand Trumeau de la Galerie d’Apollon., by Jean Bérain the Younger, French, 1674 – 1726

Grand Trumeau de la Galerie d’Apollon.

Jean Bérain the Younger, French, 1674 – 1726 · 1710

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

"Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Artist not stated in the record · recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40

Public domainThe Met
Petits Trumeaux de la Galerie d’Apollon, by Jean Bérain the Younger, French, 1674 – 1726

Petits Trumeaux de la Galerie d’Apollon

Jean Bérain the Younger, French, 1674 – 1726 · 1710

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oedipus and the Sphinx, by Gustave Moreau

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Gustave Moreau · 1864

Public domainThe Met
Lambris, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries, by Jean Lemoyne, French, 1638 – 1715

Lambris, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries

Jean Lemoyne, French, 1638 – 1715 · 1710

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. 48 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. 4220117 matched · 40 examined · 26 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 2026-09-04 00:14 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.