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 “The upper portion from a palmiform-shaped fan” — 64 records examined, 30 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 15:56 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 upper portion from a palmiform-shaped fan

The upper portion from a palmiform-shaped fan

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1900–1640 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Writing kit

Writing kit

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th–early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dancer with a Fan, by Edgar Degas

Dancer with a Fan

Edgar Degas · ca. 1880

Public domainThe Met
Five Floating Icebergs, Canada, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Five Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · July 5 and 6, 1859

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Upper Portion of a Blue-painted Hathor Jar

Upper Portion of a Blue-painted Hathor Jar

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Architectural Sketches, Mexico, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Architectural Sketches, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · 1890–93

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido, by Biduinus

Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido

Biduinus · ca. 1175

Public domainThe Met
Ed-Deir Rock Temple, Petra, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Ed-Deir Rock Temple, Petra

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · late February 1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bust of the Virgin

Bust of the Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1390–95

Public domainThe Met
Fragments

Fragments

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1246

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Journey of the Magi, by Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni)

The Journey of the Magi

Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni) · ca. 1433–35

Public domainThe Met
Pink floral lace dress with ruffled skirt, by Tutti's Fashions, American

Pink floral lace dress with ruffled skirt

Tutti's Fashions, American · 1980s

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
Beer straw, by Ganda artist

Beer straw

Ganda artist · Late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions

Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Corona panel designed for NMAAHC (Type E: 85% opacity), by Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008

Corona panel designed for NMAAHC (Type E: 85% opacity)

Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008 · ca. 2013

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portions of a Parade Armor

Portions of a Parade Armor

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1575

Public domainThe Met
Blue and black print men's ensemble by Jon Webb, by Jon Webb

Blue and black print men's ensemble by Jon Webb

Jon Webb · 1990s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Upper Part of a Door Panel

Upper Part of a Door Panel

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Bouquet holder, tulip shape, filigree

Bouquet holder, tulip shape, filigree

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1830-1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Bearing the Cross, by North Netherlandish (Bruges) Painter

Christ Bearing the Cross

North Netherlandish (Bruges) Painter

Public domainThe Met
Corona panel designed for NMAAHC (Type A: 65% opacity), by Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008

Corona panel designed for NMAAHC (Type A: 65% opacity)

Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008 · ca. 2013

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
View of a Coast Line (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate), by James McNeill Whistler

View of a Coast Line (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler · 1854–55

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. 698 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. 89 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 2026-09-01 15:56 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.