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 “Radha and Krishna on a Bed at Night” — 64 records examined, 24 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-29 02:23 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.
Radha and Krishna on a Bed at Night

Radha and Krishna on a Bed at Night

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830

Public domainThe Met
Krishna approaches Radha, folio from a Rasikpriya, by Nuruddin

Krishna approaches Radha, folio from a Rasikpriya

Nuruddin · dated 1690

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

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

Adam Weisweiler · ca. 1787

Public domainThe Met
Kamod Ragini, folio from a Ragamala

Kamod Ragini, folio from a Ragamala

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1770-1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Radha as king (Sri Sri Rai Raja)

Radha as king (Sri Sri Rai Raja)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1885–95

Public domainThe Met
Krishna playing with the gopis, folio from a Rasikpriya, by Ruknuddin (active ca. 1650-1697)

Krishna playing with the gopis, folio from a Rasikpriya

Ruknuddin (active ca. 1650-1697) · dated 1686 (Samvat 1743)

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana

Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1650

Public domainThe Met
Abhisarika Nayika, folio from a Rasikpriya

Abhisarika Nayika, folio from a Rasikpriya

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1615-1625

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Lady Playing the Tanpura

A Lady Playing the Tanpura

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1735

Public domainThe Met
A Studio in the Villa Medici, Rome, by Joseph-Eugène Lacroix, French, 1814 - 1873

A Studio in the Villa Medici, Rome

Joseph-Eugène Lacroix, French, 1814 - 1873 · 1835

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Krishna and Radha, Page from a Dispersed Rasikapriya (Verses Celebrating Aspects of Love)

Krishna and Radha, Page from a Dispersed Rasikapriya (Verses Celebrating Aspects of Love)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1660–70

Public domainThe Met
Krishna Vishvarupa

Krishna Vishvarupa

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Radha Worships Krishna as Kali

Radha Worships Krishna as Kali

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1813

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Radha and Krishna Walk in a Flowering Grove (recto); Krishna Fluting (verso), by the Kota Master

Radha and Krishna Walk in a Flowering Grove (recto); Krishna Fluting (verso)

the Kota Master · ca. 1720 (recto); ca. 1750–75 (verso)

Public domainThe Met
Rukmini elopes with Krishna, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

Rukmini elopes with Krishna, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ramkali Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)

Ramkali Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1680

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kama Aims His Bow at Radha: Page From a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Loves of Krishna)

Kama Aims His Bow at Radha: Page From a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Loves of Krishna)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1695

Public domainThe Met
Krishna entertains his companions

Krishna entertains his companions

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760-1765

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Krishna Venugopala and Radha in a wooded glade (Shri Shri Radha Krishna), by Krishnahari Das

Krishna Venugopala and Radha in a wooded glade (Shri Shri Radha Krishna)

Krishnahari Das · 1880

Public domainThe Met
Krishna fluting, folio from a Dasavatar series, by Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot (active early 18th century)

Krishna fluting, folio from a Dasavatar series

Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot (active early 18th century) · ca. 1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Radha Crosses a River to Interview a Hindu Sage, by Chokha

Radha Crosses a River to Interview a Hindu Sage

Chokha · ca. 1820

Public domainThe Met
Folded letter by US Navy Surgeon David Shelton Edwards

Folded letter by US Navy Surgeon David Shelton Edwards

Artist not stated in the record · August 29, 1839

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. 76 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. 3093660 matched · 40 examined · 21 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 2026-08-29 02:23 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.