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 “Roundel, disk with figure and column” — 64 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 06:21 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.
Roundel, disk with figure and column

Roundel, disk with figure and column

Artist not stated in the record · 4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sujets et Liste des Objets de Dessert par ordre (List of Subjects for the Service on the Theme of Desserts by Order), by Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

Sujets et Liste des Objets de Dessert par ordre (List of Subjects for the Service on the Theme of Desserts by Order)

Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849 · 1819–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Column, by Maya artist(s)

Column

Maya artist(s) · 800–900 CE

Public domainThe Met
Arabesque Ornament Design, by Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840

Arabesque Ornament Design

Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840 · 1787–95

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Disk, by Classic Veracruz artist(s)

Disk

Classic Veracruz artist(s) · 600–900 CE

Public domainThe Met
Arabesque Ornament Design, by Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840

Arabesque Ornament Design

Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840 · 1787–95

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roundel with Scenes of the Attack on the Castle of Love

Roundel with Scenes of the Attack on the Castle of Love

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1320–40

Public domainThe Met
Chaire de l’Eglise St Estienne du Mont de Mr. Fremery sur les desseins de Mr. Sarazin, by Martin Frémery, French, active ca. 1650 – ca. 1685

Chaire de l’Eglise St Estienne du Mont de Mr. Fremery sur les desseins de Mr. Sarazin

Martin Frémery, French, active ca. 1650 – ca. 1685 · 1657–1716

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Palm Column of Sahure

Palm Column of Sahure

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2458–2446 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Two Roundels with Victories in Chariots; River Victory, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Two Roundels with Victories in Chariots; River Victory

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1798–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Column Statue of a King

Column Statue of a King

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1150–60

Public domainThe Met
Arabesque Ornament Design, by Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840

Arabesque Ornament Design

Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840 · 1787–95

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), by Group of Boston 00.348

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

Group of Boston 00.348 · ca. 360–350 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Oeuvre de Saint Eustache, by Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780

Oeuvre de Saint Eustache

Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780 · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), by Lydos

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

Lydos · ca. 550 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion and Flowers, by Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686

Designs for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion and Flowers

Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686 · ca. 1660-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Composite Papyrus Capital

Composite Papyrus Capital

Artist not stated in the record · 380–343 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Suite des détails du Pavillon de Bagatelle, by Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

Suite des détails du Pavillon de Bagatelle

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833 · 1812

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gold earrings with disk and boat-shaped pendant

Gold earrings with disk and boat-shaped pendant

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 300 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Interior Alcove with a Bed, by Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682

Interior Alcove with a Bed

Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682 · ca. 1651

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated figure, by Middle Niger artist

Seated figure

Middle Niger artist · 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Le Portail de la Chapelle des filles de Ste. Marie proche la porte de St. Antoine à Paris, by Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679

Le Portail de la Chapelle des filles de Ste. Marie proche la porte de St. Antoine à Paris

Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679 · ca.1635–ca.1660

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), by Lecce Painter

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Lecce Painter · ca. 375–350 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771

Title Page

Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771 · 1767–68

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. 2027 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. 1532969 matched · 40 examined · 3 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 06:21 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.