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. 23 shown for “Standing Shield” — 64 records examined, 31 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 06:49 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 Shield

Standing Shield

Artist not stated in the record · probably early 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Playing Card: Valet (or Jack) of Diamonds

Design for a Playing Card: Valet (or Jack) of Diamonds

Artist not stated in the record · 1825–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Shield

Standing Shield

Artist not stated in the record · 1385–87

Public domainThe Met
Lion Form Knife Handle

Lion Form Knife Handle

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1650–75

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shield Bearer with the Ducal Arms of Saxony, by Hans Daucher

Shield Bearer with the Ducal Arms of Saxony

Hans Daucher · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Design, by Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731

Ornament Design

Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731 · 1716

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta vase fragment with relief of Minerva

Terracotta vase fragment with relief of Minerva

Artist not stated in the record · 1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Mural Design, by Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909

Mural Design

Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909 · 1875–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing woman, by Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory

Standing woman

Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1750–55

Public domainThe Met
Two pillar stripes, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Two pillar stripes

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1790–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Figure with conical headdress and shield, by Maya artist(s)

Figure with conical headdress and shield

Maya artist(s) · 600–800 CE

Public domainThe Met
Vigilance, Design for a Stained Glass Window, by Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909

Vigilance, Design for a Stained Glass Window

Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909 · ca. 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sardonyx ring stone

Sardonyx ring stone

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1st century BCE–3rd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Sepulchral Monument for a Medici Cardinal, by Francesco da Sangallo, Italian, 1494 - 1576

Design for a Sepulchral Monument for a Medici Cardinal

Francesco da Sangallo, Italian, 1494 - 1576 · ca. 1560–70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing cup with cover and stand, by Meissen Manufactory

Standing cup with cover and stand

Meissen Manufactory · ca. 1735

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Stuart Monument, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for a Stuart Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Painted limestone funerary slab with a soldier standing at ease

Painted limestone funerary slab with a soldier standing at ease

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd half of 3rd century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Justice and Strength, in Two Octagons, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Justice and Strength, in Two Octagons

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1812

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Male Figure Supporting a Shield, by Pietro Testa

Standing Male Figure Supporting a Shield

Pietro Testa · 1612–50

Public domainThe Met
Dish

Dish

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing cup with cover

Standing cup with cover

Artist not stated in the record · 1744

Public domainThe Met
Heraldic Panel

Heraldic Panel

Artist not stated in the record · 1564

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of a terracotta relief

Fragment of a terracotta relief

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 600 BCE

Public domainThe Met
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. 228 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 146057 matched · 40 examined · 29 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.11 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-03 06:49 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.