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 “Plate with David Slaying a Lion” — 64 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 22:12 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.
Plate with David Slaying a Lion

Plate with David Slaying a Lion

Artist not stated in the record · 629–630

Public domainThe Met
Sketch, Hercules Slaying the Lion (?), by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

Sketch, Hercules Slaying the Lion (?)

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1820–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Commode à vantaux, by David Roentgen

Commode à vantaux

David Roentgen · ca. 1775–79 with later alterations

Public domainThe Met
Embroidered picture

Embroidered picture

Artist not stated in the record · 1650–1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rolltop desk, by David Roentgen

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1776–79

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Design with Hercules, by François de Poilly, French, 1622 - 1693

Ornament Design with Hercules

François de Poilly, French, 1622 - 1693 · 1669–93

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Niche with Religious Attributes, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Designs for a Niche with Religious Attributes

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1749-1761

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Game table, by David Roentgen

Game table

David Roentgen · ca. 1780–83

Public domainThe Met
Overdoor Design Set Within a Vault, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Overdoor Design Set Within a Vault

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1749-1761

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rolltop desk, by David Roentgen

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1780

Public domainThe Met
Plate 37, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book), by Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

Plate 37, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618 · 1610

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oval table, by David Roentgen

Oval table

David Roentgen · ca. 1774–80

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Pendant Trophy, by René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723

Design for a Pendant Trophy

René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723 · 1738–61

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Writing table (table à écrire), by Bernard II van Risenburgh

Writing table (table à écrire)

Bernard II van Risenburgh · ca. 1755

Public domainThe Met
Coat of Arms with a Lion

Coat of Arms with a Lion

Artist not stated in the record · 1544

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armchair en cabriolet, by David Roentgen

Armchair en cabriolet

David Roentgen · ca. 1785

Public domainThe Met
5c "Search for Peace" - Lions plate proof, by Bureau of Engraving and Printing

5c "Search for Peace" - Lions plate proof

Bureau of Engraving and Printing · May 10, 1967

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate with David Anointed by Samuel

Plate with David Anointed by Samuel

Artist not stated in the record · 629–630

Public domainThe Met
Decoration d'une Porte à placards, traittée dans le même gout que la precedente., by Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742

Decoration d'une Porte à placards, traittée dans le même gout que la precedente.

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath

Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath

Artist not stated in the record · 629–30

Public domainThe Met
Twelve Circular Medallions with Representations of the Deeds of Hercules, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Twelve Circular Medallions with Representations of the Deeds of Hercules

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1758–1823

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate with the Arming of David

Plate with the Arming of David

Artist not stated in the record · 629–630

Public domainThe Met
Vase (Plate 1 of a Series), by Enea Vico, Italian, 1523–1567

Vase (Plate 1 of a Series)

Enea Vico, Italian, 1523–1567 · 1543

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. 1243 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 1991840 matched · 40 examined · 9 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 2026-08-26 22:12 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.