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 “Yellow-and-Blue Bird on Bouquet with Rose, Tulips, and Daffodils, with Butterflies” — 58 records examined, 6 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 00:27 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 Bouquet of Flowers, by Clara Peeters

A Bouquet of Flowers

Clara Peeters · ca. 1612

Public domainThe Met
Yellow-and-Blue Bird on Bouquet with Rose, Tulips, and Daffodils, with Butterflies

Yellow-and-Blue Bird on Bouquet with Rose, Tulips, and Daffodils, with Butterflies

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800–1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flowers in a Grotesque Vase, by Orsola Maddalena Caccia

Flowers in a Grotesque Vase

Orsola Maddalena Caccia · ca. 1635

Public domainThe Met
Blue Bird on Bouquet of Roses and Tulips, with Butterflies

Blue Bird on Bouquet of Roses and Tulips, with Butterflies

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800–1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Vase of Flowers, by Margareta Haverman

A Vase of Flowers

Margareta Haverman · 1716

Public domainThe Met
Pair of Brown Birds on Bouquet with Tulip, Rose, and Snapdragons, with Butterflies

Pair of Brown Birds on Bouquet with Tulip, Rose, and Snapdragons, with Butterflies

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800–1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with Floral Designs

Dish with Floral Designs

Artist not stated in the record · 1670s

Public domainThe Met
Grey and Coral Bird on Bouquet with Rose, Tulip, Daisies, and Forget-Me-Nots, with Butterfly

Grey and Coral Bird on Bouquet with Rose, Tulip, Daisies, and Forget-Me-Nots, with Butterfly

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800–1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bottle with Flying Cranes

Bottle with Flying Cranes

Artist not stated in the record · 1650s

Public domainThe Met
Bird with Tulip, Carnation, Butterflies, and Insect

Bird with Tulip, Carnation, Butterflies, and Insect

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Emperor's Carpet

The Emperor's Carpet

Artist not stated in the record · second half 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Black-and-White Mottled Bird on Tulip Stem, with Daffodils and Butterflies

Black-and-White Mottled Bird on Tulip Stem, with Daffodils and Butterflies

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800–1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chair seat cover

Chair seat cover

Artist not stated in the record · 1725–50

Public domainThe Met
Curtain paper

Curtain paper

Artist not stated in the record · 1850–60

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Black Buck", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, by Manohar

"Black Buck", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Manohar · recto: ca. 1615–20; verso: ca. 1530–50

Public domainThe Met
Dish, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Dish

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · late 18th–early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Vase with Flowers, by Jacob Vosmaer

A Vase with Flowers

Jacob Vosmaer · probably 1613

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · mid-19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Small covered wine pot or teapot, by Chinese

Small covered wine pot or teapot

Chinese · 1662–1722

Public domainThe Met
Sidewall

Sidewall

Artist not stated in the record · 1850–60

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Diving Dipper and Other Birds", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, by Mansur

"Diving Dipper and Other Birds", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Mansur · recto: ca. 1610–15; verso: ca. 1535–45

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Painted Porcelain Sugar Bowl and Stand

Design for a Painted Porcelain Sugar Bowl and Stand

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Portrait of Rup Singh", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, by Govardhan

"Portrait of Rup Singh", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Govardhan · verso: ca. 1615–20; recto: ca. 1500

Public domainThe Met
Bedcover

Bedcover

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

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. 18 matched · 18 examined · 2 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. 56 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 2026-09-02 00:27 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.