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 “Skirt from Theatrical Ensemble for a Female Role” — 64 records examined, 26 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 22:17 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.
Skirt from Theatrical Ensemble for a Female Role

Skirt from Theatrical Ensemble for a Female Role

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Ivory silk ensemble with skirt slip, by Vogue Pattern Company, American, founded 1899

Ivory silk ensemble with skirt slip

Vogue Pattern Company, American, founded 1899 · 1970s-1980s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Eyema byeri (reliquary guardian figure), by Okak-Fang artist

Eyema byeri (reliquary guardian figure)

Okak-Fang artist · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Love Will Find a Way

Love Will Find a Way

Artist not stated in the record · 1921

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Female figure, by Ixtlán del Río artist(s)

Female figure

Ixtlán del Río artist(s) · 200 BCE–200 CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Print with Twenty Theatrical Costumes Worn in Paris Performances, by Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866

Design for a Print with Twenty Theatrical Costumes Worn in Paris Performances

Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866 · ca. 1845

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jacket from Theatrical Ensemble for a Female Role

Jacket from Theatrical Ensemble for a Female Role

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Print with Twenty Theatrical Costumes Worn in Paris Performances, by Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866

Design for a Print with Twenty Theatrical Costumes Worn in Paris Performances

Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866 · ca. 1845

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Spring in the guise of Flora (one of a pair), by Pietro Bernini

Spring in the guise of Flora (one of a pair)

Pietro Bernini · 1616–17

Public domainThe Met
Escaramuza 5 piece ensemble, by Enselma

Escaramuza 5 piece ensemble

Enselma · 2009

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kneeling female figure, by Lagunillas artist(s)

Kneeling female figure

Lagunillas artist(s) · 200 BCE–200 CE

Public domainThe Met
Grey three-piece evening ensemble, by Mary Lou Chandler, American, died 1974

Grey three-piece evening ensemble

Mary Lou Chandler, American, died 1974 · 1950s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated female figure, by Nayarit artist(s)

Seated female figure

Nayarit artist(s) · 100–400 CE

Public domainThe Met
Escaramuza 3 piece ensemble, by Enselma

Escaramuza 3 piece ensemble

Enselma · 2007

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement, by Fra Filippo Lippi

Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement

Fra Filippo Lippi · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
Costume worn by Deborah Burrell for "Eubie!" in 1978, by Bernard Johnson, American, 1936 - 1997

Costume worn by Deborah Burrell for "Eubie!" in 1978

Bernard Johnson, American, 1936 - 1997 · most likely 1930s; modified 1978

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Merry Company on a Terrace, by Jan Steen

Merry Company on a Terrace

Jan Steen · ca. 1670

Public domainThe Met
Woman in national dress. St. Lucia. W. I., by Minivielle & Chastanet, Saint Lucian, founded 1864

Woman in national dress. St. Lucia. W. I.

Minivielle & Chastanet, Saint Lucian, founded 1864 · ca. 1905

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, by Jan van Eyck

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck · ca. 1436–38

Public domainThe Met
Paper Doll Costume in Black over Checked Pink Skirt

Paper Doll Costume in Black over Checked Pink Skirt

Artist not stated in the record · 1840–60

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saddle

Saddle

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1400–1420

Public domainThe Met
Silk organza unfinished dress with blue embroidery, by Unidentified

Silk organza unfinished dress with blue embroidery

Unidentified · ca. 1966

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Theatrical skirt with peacock feather design

Theatrical skirt with peacock feather design

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
GUADELOUPE. - Type n° 7

GUADELOUPE. - Type n° 7

Artist not stated in the record · 1900-1920

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. 68 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. 2652594 matched · 40 examined · 23 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 22:17 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.