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 “Cartouche-Shaped Inlay with the Name of Thutmose I” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 23:24 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.
Cartouche-Shaped Inlay with the Name of Thutmose I

Cartouche-Shaped Inlay with the Name of Thutmose I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1300 BCE

Public domainThe Met
jar

jar

Artist not stated in the record · 18th Century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ritual Statuette of Thutmose III

Ritual Statuette of Thutmose III

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1479–1425 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Stanley Clarke Signature Standard 4 String Bass

Stanley Clarke Signature Standard 4 String Bass

Artist not stated in the record · after 1990

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab with the Throne Name of Thutmose I

Scarab with the Throne Name of Thutmose I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1504–1447 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Folding Knife with Engraved Floral Decoration and Lion Cartouche

Folding Knife with Engraved Floral Decoration and Lion Cartouche

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Spiritual Master Padmasambhava

The Spiritual Master Padmasambhava

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche Designs, by Alexis-Nicolas Pérignon, French, 1726 – 1782

Cartouche Designs

Alexis-Nicolas Pérignon, French, 1726 – 1782 · 1759

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief with the Head of Amenhotep I

Relief with the Head of Amenhotep I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1525–1504 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Interior Wall Elevation, by François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741

Interior Wall Elevation

François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741 · 1696–1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cartouche-shaped plaque with the names of Apries

Cartouche-shaped plaque with the names of Apries

Artist not stated in the record · 589–570 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Heart Shaped Cartouche, by Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721

Heart Shaped Cartouche

Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721 · 1723-1735

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Statuette of the Child Amenemhab

Statuette of the Child Amenemhab

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1479 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Bass guitar used by Robert "Kool" Bell of Kool & the Gang

Bass guitar used by Robert "Kool" Bell of Kool & the Gang

Artist not stated in the record · 1976-1978

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Thutmose III

Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Thutmose III

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Tsuba

Tsuba

Artist not stated in the record · 1595–1615

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Thutmose III

Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Thutmose III

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
George III silver sugar sifter ladle

George III silver sugar sifter ladle

Artist not stated in the record · 1815

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mud Brick Stamped with the Royal Names of Aakheperkare (Thutmose I) and Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Mud Brick Stamped with the Royal Names of Aakheperkare (Thutmose I) and Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Le Printemps, by Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721

Le Printemps

Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721 · 1723-1735

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mud Brick Stamped with the Throne Names Aakheperkare (Thutmose I) and Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Mud Brick Stamped with the Throne Names Aakheperkare (Thutmose I) and Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
page Three from "Cinquième Livre Contenant des Cartouches Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravé par Huquier", by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

page Three from "Cinquième Livre Contenant des Cartouches Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravé par Huquier"

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · after 1751

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque Bead with name of Amenhotep I

Plaque Bead with name of Amenhotep I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
EL ACID H

EL ACID H

Artist not stated in the record · 17th-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. 197 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 2220 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 2026-09-04 23:24 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.