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. 18 shown for “Program for Club Ebony” — 64 records examined, 37 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 22:18 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.
Barberini Cabinet, by Galleria dei Lavori, Florence

Barberini Cabinet

Galleria dei Lavori, Florence · ca. 1606–23

Public domainThe Met
Program for Club Ebony

Program for Club Ebony

Artist not stated in the record · 1947-1948

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wheellock Rifle, by Caspar Spät

Wheellock Rifle

Caspar Spät · dated 1668

Public domainThe Met
Program for Club Ebony

Program for Club Ebony

Artist not stated in the record · 1947-1948

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oboe in C, by Hendrik Richters

Oboe in C

Hendrik Richters · before 1727

Public domainThe Met
Hercules Club, Ebony Swamp Cerith, Club Mud Whelk

Hercules Club, Ebony Swamp Cerith, Club Mud Whelk

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tabernacle House Altar with the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Annunciation., by Reinhold Vasters

Tabernacle House Altar with the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Annunciation.

Reinhold Vasters · second half 16th century (panels); ca. 1865–90 (frame)

Public domainThe Met
Poster for Ebony Parade

Poster for Ebony Parade

Artist not stated in the record · 1947

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Grand Pianoforte, by Érard

Grand Pianoforte

Érard · ca. 1840

Public domainThe Met
Flute made for Blind Tom by William R. Meinell, by William R. Meinell, American

Flute made for Blind Tom by William R. Meinell

William R. Meinell, American · 1879-1884

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Inlaid Box for the Portuguese Market

Inlaid Box for the Portuguese Market

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1600

Public domainThe Met
Flute made for Blind Tom by William R. Meinell with original instrument case, by William R. Meinell, American

Flute made for Blind Tom by William R. Meinell with original instrument case

William R. Meinell, American · 1879-1884

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Female figurine

Female figurine

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2030–1640 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Chair (Sgabello), by Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497)

Chair (Sgabello)

Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497) · ca. 1489–91

Public domainThe Met
A Hunting Scene, by Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio)

A Hunting Scene

Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) · ca. 1494–1500

Public domainThe Met
The Flight into Egypt, by Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura)

The Flight into Egypt

Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura) · 1470s

Public domainThe Met
Madonna and Child, by Carlo Crivelli

Madonna and Child

Carlo Crivelli · ca. 1480

Public domainThe Met
Diptych with Scenes of the Annunciation, Nativity, Crucifixion, and Resurrection

Diptych with Scenes of the Annunciation, Nativity, Crucifixion, and Resurrection

Artist not stated in the record · 1300–1325

Public domainThe Met
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. 31 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 567420 matched · 40 examined · 34 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.6 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-02 22:18 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.