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 “Crouching child god holding scepter” — 52 records examined, 13 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 20:21 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.
Crouching child god holding scepter

Crouching child god holding scepter

Artist not stated in the record · 664–30 BCE

Public domainThe Met
The Virgin with the Crown of Stars, by Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

The Virgin with the Crown of Stars

Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528 · 1516

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed for the Perfect God Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Scarab Inscribed for the Perfect God Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

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

Public domainThe Met
Madonna and Child

Madonna and Child

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1535

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Khonsu

Khonsu

Artist not stated in the record · 664–30 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Virgin and Child with God the Father and Angels, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–1664

Virgin and Child with God the Father and Angels

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–1664 · 1647–50

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Annunciation, by Gerard David

The Annunciation

Gerard David · 1506

Public domainThe Met
Button, by Agostino Brunias, Italian, ca. 1730–1796

Button

Agostino Brunias, Italian, ca. 1730–1796 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

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

Public domainThe Met
Drawing, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Drawing

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1790-1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Inner Coffin of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy

Inner Coffin of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1000–945 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Char de Bacchus., by Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756

Char de Bacchus.

Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756 · 1751

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vessel with mythological scene, by Metropolitan Painter

Vessel with mythological scene

Metropolitan Painter · 600–800 CE

Public domainThe Met
The Holy Family with Butterfly

The Holy Family with Butterfly

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1495

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Segment of a Crozier Shaft

Segment of a Crozier Shaft

Artist not stated in the record · late 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Four Continents

Four Continents

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Section from a Frieze with a Seated Buddha and Attendants

Section from a Frieze with a Seated Buddha and Attendants

Artist not stated in the record · Modern

Public domainThe Met
Fork

Fork

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1650–1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Annunciation, by Joos van Cleve

The Annunciation

Joos van Cleve · ca. 1525

Public domainThe Met
Design, a Sepulchral Monument for Three Brothers

Design, a Sepulchral Monument for Three Brothers

Artist not stated in the record · 1590–1610

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence; (reverse) Giving Drink to the Thirsty, by Master of the Acts of Mercy

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence; (reverse) Giving Drink to the Thirsty

Master of the Acts of Mercy

Public domainThe Met
Allegorical Figure of "Asia", by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Allegorical Figure of "Asia"

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Baptism of Christ, by Sebastiano Ricci

The Baptism of Christ

Sebastiano Ricci · ca. 1713–14

Public domainThe Met
Europe

Europe

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1775

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. 12 matched · 12 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. 57522 matched · 40 examined · 13 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 20:21 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.