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 “S. B.” — 64 records examined, 13 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 09:16 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.
Cup with cover, by Hans van Amsterdam

Cup with cover

Hans van Amsterdam · 1533/34

Public domainThe Met
Joseph Thacher and Edward McGehee, by Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861

Joseph Thacher and Edward McGehee

Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861 · 1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Le pitture e sculture di Brescia che sono esposte al pubblico con un' appendice di alcune private gallerie, by Luigi Chizzola

Le pitture e sculture di Brescia che sono esposte al pubblico con un' appendice di alcune private gallerie

Luigi Chizzola · 1760

Public domainThe Met
Mesua ferrea L.

Mesua ferrea L.

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Architectura Curiosa Nova: Das ist, neue ergotzliche Sinn und Kunstreiche auch nutzliche Bau- und Wasser-Kunst . . ., by Georg Andreas Böckler

Architectura Curiosa Nova: Das ist, neue ergotzliche Sinn und Kunstreiche auch nutzliche Bau- und Wasser-Kunst . . .

Georg Andreas Böckler · 1664

Public domainThe Met
Clerodendrum viscosum Vent.

Clerodendrum viscosum Vent.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 5/5/62

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Quilt, Album pattern, by Brown and Turner families

Quilt, Album pattern

Brown and Turner families · begun 1846

Public domainThe Met
Quercus robur L.

Quercus robur L.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 20/4/62

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double-chambered bottle, by Wari artist(s)

Double-chambered bottle

Wari artist(s) · 800–900 CE

Public domainThe Met
Toxicopueraria peduncularis (Benth.) A.N. Egan & B. Pan

Toxicopueraria peduncularis (Benth.) A.N. Egan & B. Pan

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 25/8/60

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Document Sealings With the Throne Name of Amenhotep II

Document Sealings With the Throne Name of Amenhotep II

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Lonicera ligustrina Wall.

Lonicera ligustrina Wall.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 21/4/62 to 9/1/19

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Banjo, by Hercules McCord

Banjo

Hercules McCord · ca. 1884

Public domainThe Met
Didymocarpus leucocalyx C.B. Clarke

Didymocarpus leucocalyx C.B. Clarke

Artist not stated in the record · 27 Jul 1960

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
David and Goliath, by Francesco Fanelli

David and Goliath

Francesco Fanelli · 17th century cast

Public domainThe Met
Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. laurina (Retz.) Noot.

Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. laurina (Retz.) Noot.

Artist not stated in the record · 6.10.60 ; 21.6.017

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
[Group of 266 Stereograph Views of the 1855 and/or 1867 Universal Expositions in Paris, France], by M. Leon

[Group of 266 Stereograph Views of the 1855 and/or 1867 Universal Expositions in Paris, France]

M. Leon · 1850s–1910s

Public domainThe Met
Sarcococca coriacea Müll. Arg.

Sarcococca coriacea Müll. Arg.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 6/10/60 to 21/6/17

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pier table, by Joseph B. Barry and Son

Pier table

Joseph B. Barry and Son · 1810–15

Public domainThe Met
Choerospondias axillaris (Roxb.) B.L. Burtt & A.W. Hill

Choerospondias axillaris (Roxb.) B.L. Burtt & A.W. Hill

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 19/4/62

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pomander, by S. B.

Pomander

S. B. · ca. 1580

Public domainThe Met
Androsace lanuginosa Wall.

Androsace lanuginosa Wall.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 11/10/60 to 26/6/17

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
S-hoop earrings with pearls

S-hoop earrings with pearls

Artist not stated in the record · 1st–2nd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Primula glomerata Pax

Primula glomerata Pax

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 11/10/60

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. 20134 matched · 24 examined · 10 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. 1233431 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 2026-09-03 09:16 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.