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 “Wall Painting with Female Figure” — 64 records examined, 6 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 04:07 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.
Wall Painting with Female Figure

Wall Painting with Female Figure

Artist not stated in the record · 9th–10th century

Public domainThe Met
Section of wall, bedroom of Marie Antoinette, Palace of Fontainebleau, France, by Frederick Marschall

Section of wall, bedroom of Marie Antoinette, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall · ca. 1885

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Booklet with Scenes of the Passion

Booklet with Scenes of the Passion

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300 (carving); ca. 1310–20 (painting)

Public domainThe Met
Two Sketches for a Wall Mural, by Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909

Two Sketches for a Wall Mural

Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909 · ca. 1895

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel), by Etienne LeNoir

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Wainscoting with Double Door, by François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

Wainscoting with Double Door

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768 · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smiling figure (Sonriente), by South central Veracruz artist(s)

Smiling figure (Sonriente)

South central Veracruz artist(s) · 600–1000 CE

Public domainThe Met
Rocaille Ornament Design, by François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755

Rocaille Ornament Design

François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755 · after 1736

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: East Wall

Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: East Wall

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2446–2389 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

Title Page

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768 · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marble female figure, by Bastis Master

Marble female figure

Bastis Master · 2600–2400 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Painted Ceiling and Wall Decoration

Painted Ceiling and Wall Decoration

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Wall with Painting and Chimneypiece, by François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

Wall with Painting and Chimneypiece

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768 · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: North Wall

Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: North Wall

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2446–2389 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Wall Elevation with Panels of Chinese Figures, for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, by Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

Wall Elevation with Panels of Chinese Figures, for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859 · 1815–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child, by Master of the Female Half-Lengths

Virgin and Child

Master of the Female Half-Lengths · ca. 1525–50

Public domainThe Met
Sidewall, by Pierre Cietti, French

Sidewall

Pierre Cietti, French · 1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated female figure, by Nayarit artist(s)

Seated female figure

Nayarit artist(s) · 100–400 CE

Public domainThe Met
Project for a wall decoration (Female figures and putti support medallion with coat of arms), by Luca Giordano, Italian, 1634 - 1705

Project for a wall decoration (Female figures and putti support medallion with coat of arms)

Luca Giordano, Italian, 1634 - 1705 · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 50–40 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Interior Wall Elevation, by Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682

Interior Wall Elevation

Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682 · 1656–57

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Female Figure

Female Figure

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850–1750 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
A Painted Wall Decoration, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

A Painted Wall Decoration

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1810–20

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. 2112 matched · 24 examined · 4 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. 854621 matched · 40 examined · 2 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 2026-09-04 04:07 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.