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 “Pendant Medallion with the Last Judgment” — 64 records examined, 14 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 10:26 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.
Pendant Medallion with the Last Judgment

Pendant Medallion with the Last Judgment

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1420

Public domainThe Met
Tea Urn in the Shape of Atlas Supporting the World, by Thomas Heming, English, 1723 – 1801

Tea Urn in the Shape of Atlas Supporting the World

Thomas Heming, English, 1723 – 1801 · 1777

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
Design for a Pendant, by George E Germer, 1868 – 1936

Design for a Pendant

George E Germer, 1868 – 1936 · 1910–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Last Judgment, by Joos van Cleve

The Last Judgment

Joos van Cleve · ca. 1525–30

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900

Frieze

Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900 · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Blessing Bishop (Saint Nicholas of Bari)

Blessing Bishop (Saint Nicholas of Bari)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1350–75

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA

Frieze

Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Medallion with a Portrait of Gennadios

Medallion with a Portrait of Gennadios

Artist not stated in the record · 250–300

Public domainThe Met
Border

Border

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Crucifix with Saint Anthony of Padua, by Kongo artist

Crucifix with Saint Anthony of Padua

Kongo artist · 16th–18th century (pendant figure); 19th century (cross)

Public domainThe Met
Border

Border

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Diptych with the Coronation of the Virgin and the Last Judgment

Diptych with the Coronation of the Virgin and the Last Judgment

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1260–70

Public domainThe Met
Sidewall, by York Card & Paper Co., 1891

Sidewall

York Card & Paper Co., 1891 · 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall painting on black ground: Aedicula with small landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase

Wall painting on black ground: Aedicula with small landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase

Artist not stated in the record · last decade of the 1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sleeve ruffle

Sleeve ruffle

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

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
Sleeve ruffle

Sleeve ruffle

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Medallion with the Head of a Saint

Medallion with the Head of a Saint

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

Public domainThe Met
Sidewall, by M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834

Sidewall

M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834 · 1890–1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Anhalt Medallion Carpet

The Anhalt Medallion Carpet

Artist not stated in the record · probably first half 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by York Card & Paper Co., 1891

Frieze

York Card & Paper Co., 1891 · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Frog Pendant

Frog Pendant

Artist not stated in the record · 550–850 CE

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by Xavier Mader

Frieze

Xavier Mader · 1825–35

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. 434 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 7173222 matched · 40 examined · 13 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 2026-08-28 10:26 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.