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 “Project for the Painted Decoration of a Dome” — 64 records examined, 8 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 18:35 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.
"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, by Chitarman

"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Chitarman · recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50

Public domainThe Met
Project for the Painted Decoration of a Dome

Project for the Painted Decoration of a Dome

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Rape of Europa and Mercury and the Three Graces, by Lambertus Vrythoff

The Rape of Europa and Mercury and the Three Graces

Lambertus Vrythoff · case ca. 1645, movement ca. 1750

Public domainThe Met
Project for a Painted Oblong Ceiling, by Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, Italian, 1735 – 1817

Project for a Painted Oblong Ceiling

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, Italian, 1735 – 1817 · 1800–1815

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond, by Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso

Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso · after ca. 1461

Public domainThe Met
Painted decoration of a vaulted room

Painted decoration of a vaulted room

Artist not stated in the record · 1815–25

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1760s

Public domainThe Met
Cross Section of a Salon and a Gallery, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Cross Section of a Salon and a Gallery

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1760s

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Carriage, by Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II, German, 1709–ca. 1778

Design for a Carriage

Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II, German, 1709–ca. 1778 · 1753

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Glorification of the Barbaro Family

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · ca. 1750

Public domainThe Met
Design for the South Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, by Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

Design for the South Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859 · 1817

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Virgin and Child in Majesty and the Adoration of the Magi, by Master of Pedret

The Virgin and Child in Majesty and the Adoration of the Magi

Master of Pedret · ca. 1100

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Decoration of a Dome, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for the Decoration of a Dome

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1746–1809

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Lady Holding a Flower, by Muhammadi of Herat

Portrait of a Lady Holding a Flower

Muhammadi of Herat · 1565–75

Public domainThe Met
Cabriolet, by Jean-François Chopard, French, active 18th century

Cabriolet

Jean-François Chopard, French, active 18th century · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland, by Jacob Halder

Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland

Jacob Halder · 1586

Public domainThe Met
Trophy Cup and Case, by Abraham Drentwet, German, 1647 – 1727

Trophy Cup and Case

Abraham Drentwet, German, 1647 – 1727 · 1773–75

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), by Painter of the Woolly Satyrs

Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Painter of the Woolly Satyrs · ca. 450 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Mural Decoration, Dome of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, by J. Carroll Beckwith, American, 1852–1917

Mural Decoration, Dome of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago

J. Carroll Beckwith, American, 1852–1917 · 1892

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature collector's cabinet, by Bernard Salomon

Miniature collector's cabinet

Bernard Salomon · ca. 1600

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Bedroom Alcoves, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Designs for Bedroom Alcoves

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marble female figure, by Bastis Master

Marble female figure

Bastis Master · 2600–2400 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Altar, by Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839

Altar

Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839 · 1775

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. 5983 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. 4197345 matched · 40 examined · 7 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 2026-09-03 18:35 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.