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 “Standing Male Deity (Perhaps Vishnu) Holding a Conch” — 56 records examined, 14 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-29 17:58 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.
Standing Male Deity (Perhaps Vishnu) Holding a Conch

Standing Male Deity (Perhaps Vishnu) Holding a Conch

Artist not stated in the record · 6th century or earlier

Public domainThe Met
Devi with Krishna and Vishnu in a Palace

Devi with Krishna and Vishnu in a Palace

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1645-1655

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Male Deity (possibly Shiva)

Standing Male Deity (possibly Shiva)

Artist not stated in the record · 6th century

Public domainThe Met
Durga Mahishasuramardini ("Slayer of the Buffalo Demon")

Durga Mahishasuramardini ("Slayer of the Buffalo Demon")

Artist not stated in the record · 9th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mirror-bearer, by Maya artist(s)

Mirror-bearer

Maya artist(s) · 410–650 CE

Public domainThe Met
Fisher Boy, by Hiram Powers, born Woodstock, VT 1805-died Florence, Italy 1873

Fisher Boy

Hiram Powers, born Woodstock, VT 1805-died Florence, Italy 1873 · modeled 1844

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Striding Pan, by Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Striding Pan

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio · 1530–1539

Public domainThe Met
The Study of Grand Duchess Cecilia von Oldenberg, by Ernst Christian Anton von Lautzow

The Study of Grand Duchess Cecilia von Oldenberg

Ernst Christian Anton von Lautzow · 1839

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vishnu Accompanied by Lakshmi and Sarasvati

Vishnu Accompanied by Lakshmi and Sarasvati

Artist not stated in the record · 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Two Vertical Panels, by François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

Designs for Two Vertical Panels

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768 · 1738

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Venus and Cupid, by Lorenzo Lotto

Venus and Cupid

Lorenzo Lotto · 1520s

Public domainThe Met
A Figure with Drapery, Perhaps Dante

A Figure with Drapery, Perhaps Dante

Artist not stated in the record · 1806

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Manuscript Cover with Vishnu Flanked by Lakshmi and Sarasvati

Manuscript Cover with Vishnu Flanked by Lakshmi and Sarasvati

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Biscuits (Cookies) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service), by Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Biscuits (Cookies) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849 · 1819–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
House model, by Nayarit artist(s)

House model

Nayarit artist(s) · 200 BCE–300 CE

Public domainThe Met
Ewer with a Satyr Holding a Large Conch (Vico)

Ewer with a Satyr Holding a Large Conch (Vico)

Artist not stated in the record · 1543

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mandala of the Bodhisattva Hannya (Prajnaparamita)

Mandala of the Bodhisattva Hannya (Prajnaparamita)

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Standing male figure with book, by Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773

Standing male figure with book

Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773 · ca. 1759–70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stela with man offering to Re-Harakhty, unfinished

Stela with man offering to Re-Harakhty, unfinished

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 721–664 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for Wall or Ceiling Decoration with Bacchus, Hymen and Venus, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Design for Wall or Ceiling Decoration with Bacchus, Hymen and Venus

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1790–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vessel with ritual scene, by Recuay artist(s)

Vessel with ritual scene

Recuay artist(s) · 200–700 CE

Public domainThe Met
World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair), 1893, by United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair), 1893

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory · 1893

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Architectural Vessel

Architectural Vessel

Artist not stated in the record · 400–600 CE

Public domainThe Met
Standing male figure in chiton, by Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773

Standing male figure in chiton

Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773 · ca. 1759–70

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. 16 matched · 16 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. 2296481 matched · 40 examined · 13 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 2026-08-29 17:58 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.