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 “Two Projects for Door Frames” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 16:48 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.
Mirror clock, by Master CR

Mirror clock

Master CR · ca. 1565–70

Public domainThe Met
Two Projects for Door Frames

Two Projects for Door Frames

Artist not stated in the record · 1660–1670

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque depicting Bernard Palissy, by Sèvres Manufactory

Plaque depicting Bernard Palissy

Sèvres Manufactory · 1846

Public domainThe Met
Project for cast metal and colored folding doors

Project for cast metal and colored folding doors

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1785

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1760s

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Door Frame, by Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786

Design for a Door Frame

Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786 · ca. 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, by Fra Filippo Lippi

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

Fra Filippo Lippi · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
Elevation of a Wall, by Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754

Elevation of a Wall

Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754 · 1745-1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), by Thomas Gainsborough

Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers)

Thomas Gainsborough · 1787

Public domainThe Met
Design for main entrance door for the Bankers' Trust Company, New York, NY, by Christian Francis Rosborg, 1881 – 1953

Design for main entrance door for the Bankers' Trust Company, New York, NY

Christian Francis Rosborg, 1881 – 1953 · 1922

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609), by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609)

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) · ca. 1600

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Door and Doorcase, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for a Door and Doorcase

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Triumph of Henry IV, by Peter Paul Rubens

The Triumph of Henry IV

Peter Paul Rubens · ca. 1630

Public domainThe Met
Two Designs for Prison Doorway Erected by Pope Pius VI, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Two Designs for Prison Doorway Erected by Pope Pius VI

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Triptych with the Mandylion, by The Kremlin Armory Workshops, Moscow

Triptych with the Mandylion

The Kremlin Armory Workshops, Moscow · 1637

Public domainThe Met
Project for Stucco Decoration

Project for Stucco Decoration

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ignacio Garcini y Queralt (1752–1825), Brigadier of Engineers, by Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

Ignacio Garcini y Queralt (1752–1825), Brigadier of Engineers

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) · 1804

Public domainThe Met
Design for Right Half of a Door Frame, by A. Quadrío, Italian, active 18th century

Design for Right Half of a Door Frame

A. Quadrío, Italian, active 18th century · 1700–30

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Josefa de Castilla Portugal y van Asbrock de Garcini (1775–about 1850), by Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

Josefa de Castilla Portugal y van Asbrock de Garcini (1775–about 1850)

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) · 1804

Public domainThe Met
Elevations of a Door, Door Frames, Overdoor, and Adjoining Wall Panel, by Mauro Antonio Tesi, Italian, 1730 - 1766

Elevations of a Door, Door Frames, Overdoor, and Adjoining Wall Panel

Mauro Antonio Tesi, Italian, 1730 - 1766 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Healing the Blind, by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

Christ Healing the Blind

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) · ca. 1570

Public domainThe Met
Project for a Window Case

Project for a Window Case

Artist not stated in the record · 1650–1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria, by Anthony van Dyck

Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Anthony van Dyck · ca. 1630

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Elevation of an Altar with Alternative Suggestions, by Francesco Solimena, Italian, 1657–1747

Design for the Elevation of an Altar with Alternative Suggestions

Francesco Solimena, Italian, 1657–1747 · ca. 1700–40

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. 406 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. 1033717 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 2026-09-06 16:48 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.