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 “Window roundel” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 23:42 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.
Roundel

Roundel

Artist not stated in the record · 1390

Public domainThe Met
Alternate Designs for an Interior Wall Elevation, by Jean-Baptiste Le Roux, French, ca. 1677-1746

Alternate Designs for an Interior Wall Elevation

Jean-Baptiste Le Roux, French, ca. 1677-1746 · early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Window roundel

Window roundel

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 6th century CE

Public domainThe Met
Principale Entrée du Chasteau de Colombieres, comme estoit la pensée de l’Architecte, by Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679

Principale Entrée du Chasteau de Colombieres, comme estoit la pensée de l’Architecte

Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679 · ca.1635–ca.1660

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roundel with Scenes of the Attack on the Castle of Love

Roundel with Scenes of the Attack on the Castle of Love

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1320–40

Public domainThe Met
Le costé de dehors du Chasteau de Colombieres en Brie, by Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679

Le costé de dehors du Chasteau de Colombieres en Brie

Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679 · ca.1635–ca.1660

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roundel with Playing at Quintain

Roundel with Playing at Quintain

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1500

Public domainThe Met
Le Portail de la Chapelle des filles de Ste. Marie proche la porte de St. Antoine à Paris, by Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679

Le Portail de la Chapelle des filles de Ste. Marie proche la porte de St. Antoine à Paris

Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679 · ca.1635–ca.1660

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Grisaille Roundel

Grisaille Roundel

Artist not stated in the record · mid-14th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for Rose Window, St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn, NY, by Leon Dabo, American, 1868–1960

Design for Rose Window, St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn, NY

Leon Dabo, American, 1868–1960 · 1905

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Grisaille Roundel

Grisaille Roundel

Artist not stated in the record · mid-14th century

Public domainThe Met
Study for a Church Window, by John La Farge, American, 1835–1910

Study for a Church Window

John La Farge, American, 1835–1910 · 1890–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ornamental Roundel

Ornamental Roundel

Artist not stated in the record · 1260–70

Public domainThe Met
Window Balustrade Designs, by Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

Window Balustrade Designs

Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roundel with the Flagellation

Roundel with the Flagellation

Artist not stated in the record · 1480–90

Public domainThe Met
Window Balustrade Designs, by Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

Window Balustrade Designs

Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roundel with the Baptism of Christ

Roundel with the Baptism of Christ

Artist not stated in the record · 1480–90

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Window Opening, by John La Farge, American, 1835–1910

Design for a Window Opening

John La Farge, American, 1835–1910 · 1890–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
La Danse des Fiançailles, by Luc-Olivier Merson

La Danse des Fiançailles

Luc-Olivier Merson · 1885

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by L. Janneret, French, active late 18th century

Title Page

L. Janneret, French, active late 18th century · 1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The New and the Old Dispensations

The New and the Old Dispensations

Artist not stated in the record · 1538

Public domainThe Met
Elevaon de l’Entrée de Monsr. Jabba (Upper Plate) / Elevation du devant de l’Edifice de Monsr. Jabba (Lower Plate), by Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679

Elevaon de l’Entrée de Monsr. Jabba (Upper Plate) / Elevation du devant de l’Edifice de Monsr. Jabba (Lower Plate)

Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679 · ca.1635–ca.1660

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roundel with Killing of the Ox (December)

Roundel with Killing of the Ox (December)

Artist not stated in the record · early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Profil du dedans de la Cour de la maison de Monsieur Roland A Paris, by Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679

Profil du dedans de la Cour de la maison de Monsieur Roland A Paris

Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679 · ca.1635–ca.1660

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. 34 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 5044 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 2026-08-28 23:42 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.