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 “Stage Design, Building Adjoining Park Scenery” — 64 records examined, 2 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 23:21 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.
The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design, Building Adjoining Park Scenery

Stage Design, Building Adjoining Park Scenery

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mill River Scenery, by Frances Flora Bond Palmer

Mill River Scenery

Frances Flora Bond Palmer · 1857–68

Public domainThe Met
Remains of an Ancient Building Near Firoz Shah's Cotilla, Delhi, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

Remains of an Ancient Building Near Firoz Shah's Cotilla, Delhi, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

Artist not stated in the record · 1795-1803

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right, by Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) · 1730s

Public domainThe Met
The Writer's Buildings, Calcutta, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

The Writer's Buildings, Calcutta, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

Artist not stated in the record · 1795-1803

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Dream of Aeneas, by Salvator Rosa

The Dream of Aeneas

Salvator Rosa · 1660–65

Public domainThe Met
"American Cities A.D. Scenery. City Hall New York", by Old Hall Works, English, 1835–1849

"American Cities A.D. Scenery. City Hall New York"

Old Hall Works, English, 1835–1849 · mid-19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tilla Durieux (Ottilie Godeffroy, 1880–1971), by Auguste Renoir

Tilla Durieux (Ottilie Godeffroy, 1880–1971)

Auguste Renoir · 1914

Public domainThe Met
Adjoining Buildings with Church Tower, Italy, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Adjoining Buildings with Church Tower, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · October 1868 - April 1869

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Last Supper, by Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio)

The Last Supper

Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio) · ca. 1325

Public domainThe Met
Sketches of a Tower and Trees, Mexico, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Sketches of a Tower and Trees, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · March 1892

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Capriccio with St. Paul's and Old London Bridge, by Antonio Joli

Capriccio with St. Paul's and Old London Bridge

Antonio Joli · ca. 1745

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design: Staircase in Park

Stage Design: Staircase in Park

Artist not stated in the record · 1650–1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
VIEW of the/ CAPITOL AT/ WASHINGTON/ W.R., by William Ridgway & Co.

VIEW of the/ CAPITOL AT/ WASHINGTON/ W.R.

William Ridgway & Co. · ca. 1840–ca. 1854

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design, Antique Views in Garden

Stage Design, Antique Views in Garden

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
City Hall / New York, by Job & John Jackson

City Hall / New York

Job & John Jackson · ca. 1831–ca. 1835

Public domainThe Met
Mixed Sketches along the Danube, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Mixed Sketches along the Danube

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · June 9-17, 1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Veue du chasteau de Versailles (View of Versailles, garden facade), by Adam Perelle

Veue du chasteau de Versailles (View of Versailles, garden facade)

Adam Perelle · 1680s

Public domainThe Met
Possible Design for Relief; Scene in Circle, Ornaments in Corners, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Possible Design for Relief; Scene in Circle, Ornaments in Corners

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
CITY HALL NEW YORK., by Charles Meigh

CITY HALL NEW YORK.

Charles Meigh · ca. 1835–ca. 1849

Public domainThe Met
Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany), by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · June - July, 1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Abduction of the Sabine Women, by Nicolas Poussin

The Abduction of the Sabine Women

Nicolas Poussin · probably 1633–34

Public domainThe Met
Rooftops, Rome, Italy, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Rooftops, Rome, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · November 1868 - April 1869

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. 26 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. 791542 matched · 40 examined · 1 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 2026-09-04 23:21 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.