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 “Wilhelm von Kobell” — 64 records examined, 16 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 03:08 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.
A Huntsman and a Peasant Woman by the Isar River with a View of Munich, by Wilhelm von Kobell

A Huntsman and a Peasant Woman by the Isar River with a View of Munich

Wilhelm von Kobell · 1823

Public domainThe Met
Baron von Steuben, by Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1735? - 1804

Baron von Steuben

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1735? - 1804 · 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Horsemen near Munich, by Wilhelm von Kobell

Horsemen near Munich

Wilhelm von Kobell · 1830

Public domainThe Met
Baron von Steuben, by B. B. Ellis

Baron von Steuben

B. B. Ellis · 1783

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Postilion on Horse in a Winter Landscape, by Wilhelm von Kobell

Postilion on Horse in a Winter Landscape

Wilhelm von Kobell · ca. 1798

Public domainThe Met
Adolph Von Steinwehr

Adolph Von Steinwehr

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Austrian Soldiers, by Wilhelm von Kobell

Austrian Soldiers

Wilhelm von Kobell · late 18th–19th century

Public domainThe Met
Euphorbia seguieriana Neck.

Euphorbia seguieriana Neck.

Artist not stated in the record · -- --- 188-

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Studies of Horsewomen, by Wilhelm von Kobell

Studies of Horsewomen

Wilhelm von Kobell · late 18th–mid-19th century

Public domainThe Met
Polygala major Jacq.

Polygala major Jacq.

Artist not stated in the record · 27 May 1884

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Three studies on a man on a saddle, by Wilhelm von Kobell

Three studies on a man on a saddle

Wilhelm von Kobell · late 18th–early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France), by N. Wolff, French

Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)

N. Wolff, French · 1823

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Heraldic Panel of Wilhelm von Weitingen

Heraldic Panel of Wilhelm von Weitingen

Artist not stated in the record · 1518

Public domainThe Met
Synthyris reniformis Benth.

Synthyris reniformis Benth.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Apr 1906

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Virgin and Child, by Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden

Standing Virgin and Child

Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden · ca. 1470

Public domainThe Met
Iberis amara L.

Iberis amara L.

Artist not stated in the record · 17 May 1971

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560), by Hans Holbein the Younger

Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)

Hans Holbein the Younger · 1532

Public domainThe Met
Rumex bucephalophorus L.

Rumex bucephalophorus L.

Artist not stated in the record · 22 May 1971

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Denkmaler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien: nach den Zeichnungen der von Deiner Majestat dem Konige von Preussen Friedrich Wilhelm IV Nach Diesen Landern Gesendeten und in den Jahren 1842–1845 Ausgefuhrten Wissenschaftlichen Expedition . . ., by Richard Lepsius

Denkmaler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien: nach den Zeichnungen der von Deiner Majestat dem Konige von Preussen Friedrich Wilhelm IV Nach Diesen Landern Gesendeten und in den Jahren 1842–1845 Ausgefuhrten Wissenschaftlichen Expedition . . .

Richard Lepsius · 1913

Public domainThe Met
Bust of August William, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern, by Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1747

Bust of August William, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern

Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1747 · ca. 1771

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reliquary Bust of Saint Barbara, by Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden

Reliquary Bust of Saint Barbara

Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden · ca. 1465

Public domainThe Met
Muhlenbergia vaginata Swallen

Muhlenbergia vaginata Swallen

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg (1413–1480), by Heinrich Heid von Winterthur

Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg (1413–1480)

Heinrich Heid von Winterthur · dated 1460

Public domainThe Met
Oedogonium rothii

Oedogonium rothii

Artist not stated in the record

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. 687 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. 35215 matched · 40 examined · 12 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 2026-08-28 03:08 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.