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, Interior of Temple” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 20:39 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 Temple of Dendur

The Temple of Dendur

Artist not stated in the record · completed by 10 CE

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design, Interior of Temple

Stage Design, Interior of Temple

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roman Interior, by Jean Honoré Fragonard

Roman Interior

Jean Honoré Fragonard · ca. 1760

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design, Interior of Temple

Stage Design, Interior of Temple

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross, by Hans Schäufelein

The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross

Hans Schäufelein · ca. 1510

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design, Interior of Oriental Temple, by Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872

Stage Design, Interior of Oriental Temple

Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872 · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Coronation of the Virgin, by Niccolò di Buonaccorso

The Coronation of the Virgin

Niccolò di Buonaccorso · ca. 1380

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design: Interior of a Temple, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Stage Design: Interior of a Temple

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1796-1801

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman, by Quinten Massys

Portrait of a Woman

Quinten Massys · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design of the Interior of a Temple, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Stage Design of the Interior of a Temple

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design, Interior of Egyptian Temple, by Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843

Stage Design, Interior of Egyptian Temple

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843 · 1810–30

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief from the West Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I

Relief from the West Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1299–1290 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Stage design; Interior of an Egyptian temple, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Stage design; Interior of an Egyptian temple

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1796-1801

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief from the North Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I

Relief from the North Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1299–1290 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Stage design: Temple of Eternity, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Stage design: Temple of Eternity

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1796-1801

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wedding Cup in case, by Robert Hennell III

Wedding Cup in case

Robert Hennell III · 1864

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design: Temple of Vengeance, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Stage Design: Temple of Vengeance

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1796-1801

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cabinet, by Herman Doomer

Cabinet

Herman Doomer · ca. 1640–50

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design, Classical Temple Interior with Tombs, by Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826

Stage Design, Classical Temple Interior with Tombs

Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826 · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Toilette of Venus, by François Boucher

The Toilette of Venus

François Boucher · 1751

Public domainThe Met
Interior of Temple of Glory and Figured Details, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Interior of Temple of Glory and Figured Details

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1796-1801

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Interior of Temple, Design for Stage Scene, by Anonymous, Italian, 18th century

Interior of Temple, Design for Stage Scene

Anonymous, Italian, 18th century · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design, Temple of Love, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Stage Design, Temple of Love

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1775-90

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. 234 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. 3218498 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 2026-08-27 20:39 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.