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. 21 shown for “Paper Doll Costume with Muff and Blue Cloak” — 50 records examined, 13 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 15:16 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.
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
Paper Doll Costume with Muff and Blue Cloak

Paper Doll Costume with Muff and Blue Cloak

Artist not stated in the record · 1840–60

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Bearing the Cross, by North Netherlandish (Bruges) Painter

Christ Bearing the Cross

North Netherlandish (Bruges) Painter

Public domainThe Met
Paper Doll and Costume

Paper Doll and Costume

Artist not stated in the record · 1876–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two Costume Sketches, by Anonymous, French, 18th century

Two Costume Sketches

Anonymous, French, 18th century · ca. 1785–90

Public domainThe Met
Paper Doll Costume with Floral and Blue Vertical Stripes

Paper Doll Costume with Floral and Blue Vertical Stripes

Artist not stated in the record · 1876–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, by Jan van Eyck

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck · ca. 1436–38

Public domainThe Met
Paper Doll Costume in Blue with White Trim and Garlands

Paper Doll Costume in Blue with White Trim and Garlands

Artist not stated in the record · 1876–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby, by Sir Thomas Lawrence

Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby

Sir Thomas Lawrence · 1790

Public domainThe Met
Paper Doll Costume in Blue with Flower Pattern

Paper Doll Costume in Blue with Flower Pattern

Artist not stated in the record · 1876–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Dieric Bouts

Virgin and Child

Dieric Bouts · 1475–99

Public domainThe Met
Paper Doll Costume in Blue and Gold

Paper Doll Costume in Blue and Gold

Artist not stated in the record · 1876–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion, by Jan Provoost

The Crucifixion

Jan Provoost · ca. 1495

Public domainThe Met
Female Monkey in Rococo Dress

Female Monkey in Rococo Dress

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Portrait of Jahangir Beg, Jansipar Khan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, by Balchand

"Portrait of Jahangir Beg, Jansipar Khan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Balchand · verso: ca. 1627; recto: ca. 1530–50

Public domainThe Met
Rain cloak (kappa)

Rain cloak (kappa)

Artist not stated in the record · 1850–60

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Nativity Polyptych, by Rogier van der Weyden

The Nativity Polyptych

Rogier van der Weyden · ca. 1450–60

Public domainThe Met
Jenny Lind Paper Doll and Ten Costumes Designed for Her Operatic Roles

Jenny Lind Paper Doll and Ten Costumes Designed for Her Operatic Roles

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jenny Lind Paper Doll Set

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Set

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Paper Doll Costume in Pink and White Lace

Paper Doll Costume in Pink and White Lace

Artist not stated in the record · 1876–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Paper Doll Costume in White with Red Roses

Paper Doll Costume in White with Red Roses

Artist not stated in the record · 1876–80

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. 10 matched · 10 examined · 1 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.9 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 1554035 matched · 40 examined · 12 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 2026-09-06 15:16 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.