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 “Werkspoor N.V., Dutch” — 64 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 03:46 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.
Pair of Wheellock Pistols

Pair of Wheellock Pistols

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1655–65

Public domainThe Met
Transorma Mail Sorting Machine sign, by Werkspoor N.V., Dutch

Transorma Mail Sorting Machine sign

Werkspoor N.V., Dutch · 1957

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1653

Public domainThe Met
Putranjiva roxburghii Wall.

Putranjiva roxburghii Wall.

Artist not stated in the record · 6 Dec 1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, by Johannes Vermeer

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1662

Public domainThe Met
Cephalanthus salicifolius Bonpl.

Cephalanthus salicifolius Bonpl.

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Caddy spoon

Caddy spoon

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Lathyrus sativus L.

Lathyrus sativus L.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 28/8/41

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flagon

Flagon

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Terminalia blancoi Merr.

Terminalia blancoi Merr.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: /5/21

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1792

Public domainThe Met
Maesa denticulata Mez

Maesa denticulata Mez

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: /4/6

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft, by Emanuel de Witte

Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft

Emanuel de Witte · probably 1650

Public domainThe Met
Stipagrostis acutiflora (Trin. & Rupr.) De Winter

Stipagrostis acutiflora (Trin. & Rupr.) De Winter

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, 1898

Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, 1898

Artist not stated in the record · 1898

Public domainThe Met
Leersia hexandra Sw.

Leersia hexandra Sw.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 May 1911

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Jabach Family, by Charles Le Brun

The Jabach Family

Charles Le Brun · ca. 1660

Public domainThe Met
Oryza meyeriana (Zoll. & Mor.) Baill.

Oryza meyeriana (Zoll. & Mor.) Baill.

Artist not stated in the record · 29 May 1918

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of Wheellock Pistols

Pair of Wheellock Pistols

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1660–70

Public domainThe Met
Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty

Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty

Artist not stated in the record · 10 May 1951

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wheat Field with Cypresses, by Vincent van Gogh

Wheat Field with Cypresses

Vincent van Gogh · 1889

Public domainThe Met
Carex chordorrhiza L. f.

Carex chordorrhiza L. f.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Aug 1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Young Woman with a Lute, by Johannes Vermeer

Young Woman with a Lute

Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1662–63

Public domainThe Met
Sphagnum rubellum Wilson

Sphagnum rubellum Wilson

Artist not stated in the record · 31 May 1934

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. 183 matched · 24 examined · 0 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. 4239 matched · 40 examined · 11 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 2026-09-01 03:46 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.