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 “Paphiopedilum Red Glory” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 10:13 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.
The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child, in a Glory of Angels (recto); Studies for seated figures of Christ and God the Father in red chalk (verso), by Nicola Maria Rossi

The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child, in a Glory of Angels (recto); Studies for seated figures of Christ and God the Father in red chalk (verso)

Nicola Maria Rossi · 1690–1758

Public domainThe Met
Paphiopedilum Red Glory

Paphiopedilum Red Glory

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Lucy in Glory, by Carlo Innocenzo Carloni

Saint Lucy in Glory

Carlo Innocenzo Carloni · 1686–1775

Public domainThe Met
Paphiopedilum Red Glory '#2' × P. Memoria Arthur Coetzee

Paphiopedilum Red Glory '#2' × P. Memoria Arthur Coetzee

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Vase of Flowers, by Margareta Haverman

A Vase of Flowers

Margareta Haverman · 1716

Public domainThe Met
Paphiopedilum Masterhold × P. Red Glory

Paphiopedilum Masterhold × P. Red Glory

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Love of Glory, by Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)

The Love of Glory

Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) · dated 1528

Public domainThe Met
Paphiopedilum Cassandra's Fairy

Paphiopedilum Cassandra's Fairy

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ in Glory, by Russian (Novgorod?) Painter

Christ in Glory

Russian (Novgorod?) Painter

Public domainThe Met
Paphiopedilum fairrieanum ('Dark Stripes' × 'Red Zebra')

Paphiopedilum fairrieanum ('Dark Stripes' × 'Red Zebra')

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase

Vase

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th–early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Paphiopedilum Langley Pride

Paphiopedilum Langley Pride

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Company of Saints in Glory, by Charles Nicolas Cochin II

The Company of Saints in Glory

Charles Nicolas Cochin II · 1772

Public domainThe Met
Paphiopedilum Wendshot

Paphiopedilum Wendshot

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Studies for an Angel in Glory, by Antonio d'Enrico Tanzio (Tanzio da Varallo)

Studies for an Angel in Glory

Antonio d'Enrico Tanzio (Tanzio da Varallo) · 1595–1633

Public domainThe Met
Paphiopedilum Battle of Egypt 'Alpha'

Paphiopedilum Battle of Egypt 'Alpha'

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Virgin Immaculate with the Christ Child in Glory (recto); Rinaldo and Armida (verso), by Giuseppe Passeri (Passari)

The Virgin Immaculate with the Christ Child in Glory (recto); Rinaldo and Armida (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri (Passari) · 1654–1714

Public domainThe Met
Paphiopedilum Adam Hausermann

Paphiopedilum Adam Hausermann

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with Ornamented Rosette

Bowl with Ornamented Rosette

Artist not stated in the record · 11th–13th century

Public domainThe Met
Paphiopedilum Beatrice Ernst 'Charm'

Paphiopedilum Beatrice Ernst 'Charm'

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child Appearing in a Glory of Angels to Saint Peter and Saint Paul, by Jacopo da Empoli (Jacopo Chimenti)

Virgin and Child Appearing in a Glory of Angels to Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Jacopo da Empoli (Jacopo Chimenti) · 1551–1640

Public domainThe Met
Paphiopedilum Fiestalight

Paphiopedilum Fiestalight

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Flowering Morning Glory

Case (Inrō) with Design of Flowering Morning Glory

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Paphiopedilum Armeni White

Paphiopedilum Armeni White

Artist not stated in the record

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. 120 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. 50670 matched · 40 examined · 1 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 2026-09-05 10:13 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.