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. 19 shown for “Six Figures of Tarters” — 64 records examined, 20 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-10 13:30 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.
Mantel clock with musical movement, by Jean-Baptiste-André Furet

Mantel clock with musical movement

Jean-Baptiste-André Furet · ca. 1784

Public domainThe Met
Six Figures of Tarters

Six Figures of Tarters

Artist not stated in the record · 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate with the Arming of David

Plate with the Arming of David

Artist not stated in the record · 629–630

Public domainThe Met
Opera (Peep-show), by Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684–1756

Opera (Peep-show)

Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684–1756 · 1730–50

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate with the Presentation of David to Saul

Plate with the Presentation of David to Saul

Artist not stated in the record · 629–630

Public domainThe Met
Plate with David's Confrontation with Eliab

Plate with David's Confrontation with Eliab

Artist not stated in the record · 629–630

Public domainThe Met
Buddha Maitreya (Mile)

Buddha Maitreya (Mile)

Artist not stated in the record · dated 486 (10th year of Taihe reign)

Public domainThe Met
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

Artist not stated in the record · second quarter of the 8th century

Public domainThe Met
Lion (one of a pair), by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner

Lion (one of a pair)

Johann Gottlieb Kirchner · ca. 1732

Public domainThe Met
Fudō Myōō, the Immovable Wisdom King (Achala Vidyaraja), by Kaikei

Fudō Myōō, the Immovable Wisdom King (Achala Vidyaraja)

Kaikei · early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Incarvillea sinensis Lam.

Incarvillea sinensis Lam.

Artist not stated in the record · 3 Aug 1930

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Mourning Virgin, by Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory

The Mourning Virgin

Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1744

Public domainThe Met
Six of Hearts, by E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

Six of Hearts

E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
St. John the Evangelist, by Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory

St. John the Evangelist

Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1744

Public domainThe Met
Design with Classical and Winged Figures, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Design with Classical and Winged Figures

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · late 18th–early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Six of the Twelve Divine Generals (Jūni shinshō)

Six of the Twelve Divine Generals (Jūni shinshō)

Artist not stated in the record · early 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Six of Clubs, by E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

Six of Clubs

E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Louis XV (1710–1774), King of France, by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger

Louis XV (1710–1774), King of France

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger · 1757

Public domainThe Met
Figures with a Vase of Flowers, from "Nouveau Cahier de Six Feuilles De Différents Sujets Chinois Historiés", by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Figures with a Vase of Flowers, from "Nouveau Cahier de Six Feuilles De Différents Sujets Chinois Historiés"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1728-1808

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. 1292 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. 2865575 matched · 40 examined · 19 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 2026-09-10 13:30 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.