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 plaque with the names of Apries” — 64 records examined, 7 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 21:49 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 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
L’ASTRONOMIE / LA GÉOGRAPHIE

L’ASTRONOMIE / LA GÉOGRAPHIE

Artist not stated in the record · mid- 18th–late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief from the Palace of Apries in Memphis

Relief from the Palace of Apries in Memphis

Artist not stated in the record · 589–570 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for Renaissance-Style Sideboard in Plan and Elevation, by A.N. Davenport Co.

Design for Renaissance-Style Sideboard in Plan and Elevation

A.N. Davenport Co. · 1900–05

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Uninscribed Cartouche-Shaped Plaque

Uninscribed Cartouche-Shaped Plaque

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1166–1158 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
Cartouche-Shaped Plaque Fragment

Cartouche-Shaped Plaque Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1166–1158 BCE

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
Calligraphic Plaque

Calligraphic Plaque

Artist not stated in the record · probably late 17th century

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
Aryballos with the name Wahibre, probably referring to Apries

Aryballos with the name Wahibre, probably referring to Apries

Artist not stated in the record · 589–570 BCE or later

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
Jar (Aryballos) with a cartouche derived from names of Apries or Amasis

Jar (Aryballos) with a cartouche derived from names of Apries or Amasis

Artist not stated in the record · 664–343 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
Basin fragment with the name of Apries

Basin fragment with the name of Apries

Artist not stated in the record · 589–570 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
Potpourri bowl with cover (one of a pair)

Potpourri bowl with cover (one of a pair)

Artist not stated in the record · porcelain late 17th century, mounts ca. 1745–50

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
Table clock with calendar, by Lucien Falize

Table clock with calendar

Lucien Falize · 1881

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of S. Francesco Xavier (1506-1552)

Portrait of S. Francesco Xavier (1506-1552)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
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
Arabesque Ornament Designs, by Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722

Arabesque Ornament Designs

Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722 · 1749–61

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hercules and Achelous, by Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Hercules and Achelous

Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian · probably mid-17th century

Public domainThe Met
Trophy awarded to the Texas Southern University Debate Team

Trophy awarded to the Texas Southern University Debate Team

Artist not stated in the record · 1967

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. 2447 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. 288 matched · 40 examined · 7 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 21:49 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.