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 “Column Statue of a King” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 20:19 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.
Column Statue of a King

Column Statue of a King

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1150–60

Public domainThe Met
Interior Wall Elevation with a Statue of the King Louis XIV, by Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682

Interior Wall Elevation with a Statue of the King Louis XIV

Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682 · 1656–57

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Column, by Maya artist(s)

Column

Maya artist(s) · 800–900 CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Clovis I

King Clovis I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Frontispiece or Title page

Design for a Frontispiece or Title page

Artist not stated in the record · 1691–1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Statue of a kneeling Kushite king

Statue of a kneeling Kushite king

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 721–664 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Monument of King Louis XVI of France, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Monument of King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Clothar I

King Clothar I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1250

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design: Columned Hall with Sculpture and Inscriptions Relating to the Aenead, by Ludovico Ottavio Burnacini, Italian, 1636–1707

Stage Design: Columned Hall with Sculpture and Inscriptions Relating to the Aenead

Ludovico Ottavio Burnacini, Italian, 1636–1707 · late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Head of King David

Head of King David

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1145

Public domainThe Met
Monument of King Louis XVI of France, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Monument of King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Sahure Accompanied by a Divine Figure

King Sahure Accompanied by a Divine Figure

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2458–2446 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Wall Elevation with Panels of Chinese Figures, for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, by Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

Wall Elevation with Panels of Chinese Figures, for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859 · 1815–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated Statue of King Senwosret I

Seated Statue of King Senwosret I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1961–1917 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Elevations of Sepulchral Monuments, Funeral Decorations for Louis XVI, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for the Elevations of Sepulchral Monuments, Funeral Decorations for Louis XVI

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut

Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut

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

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion and Flowers, by Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686

Designs for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion and Flowers

Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686 · ca. 1660-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Statue of Horus as a falcon protecting King Nectanebo II

Statue of Horus as a falcon protecting King Nectanebo II

Artist not stated in the record · 360–343 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Print

Print

Artist not stated in the record · 1619

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), by Group of Boston 00.348

Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Group of Boston 00.348 · ca. 360–350 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Haremhab as a Scribe of the King

Haremhab as a Scribe of the King

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1328–1314 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

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. 709 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. 3960113 matched · 40 examined · 1 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 2026-08-26 20:19 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.