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 “Ewer with Inscriptions and Hunting Scenes” — 64 records examined, 6 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 22:56 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.
Ewer with Inscriptions and Hunting Scenes

Ewer with Inscriptions and Hunting Scenes

Artist not stated in the record · 11th century

Public domainThe Met
Deer Hunt with Bow and Arrow, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Deer Hunt with Bow and Arrow

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1596–99

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ewer

Ewer

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1180–1210

Public domainThe Met
Design after Paintings by Raphael and Paintings in Bologna by Albani, Francia, Parmigianino; Monument Verso: Anatomical Study, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Design after Paintings by Raphael and Paintings in Bologna by Albani, Francia, Parmigianino; Monument Verso: Anatomical Study

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1811–14

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Hunting Scene, by Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio)

A Hunting Scene

Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) · ca. 1494–1500

Public domainThe Met
Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigers, by Hans Raj Joshi (1750-1799)

Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigers

Hans Raj Joshi (1750-1799) · 1787

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ewer

Ewer

Artist not stated in the record · second half 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Stag Hunt with Rifles, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Stag Hunt with Rifles

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · late 1590s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ewer, by Jean Gorges I Morel

Ewer

Jean Gorges I Morel · early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Vase Mounted as Ewer

Vase Mounted as Ewer

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene

Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2250–2150 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Savoyards

Savoyards

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ewer of Zenobius

Ewer of Zenobius

Artist not stated in the record · 700s

Public domainThe Met
Vase Mounted as Ewer

Vase Mounted as Ewer

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser

Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1944 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Firearms Ornament and Hunting Scenes, by Gilles Demarteau, Flemish, 1722 – 1776

Designs for Firearms Ornament and Hunting Scenes

Gilles Demarteau, Flemish, 1722 – 1776 · 1736

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel with Hunting Scenes

Panel with Hunting Scenes

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1350

Public domainThe Met
Hunting Scene with a Dog and Birds, by Charles Dagomer, French, active 1750 – d.1766

Hunting Scene with a Dog and Birds

Charles Dagomer, French, active 1750 – d.1766 · 1755–76

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tankard engraved with scenes of the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London, by I N

Tankard engraved with scenes of the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London

I N · 1675/76

Public domainThe Met
Handkerchief

Handkerchief

Artist not stated in the record · 1790s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Orthostat relief: lion-hunt scene

Orthostat relief: lion-hunt scene

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 10th−9th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Tobacco box

Tobacco box

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Footed Dish with Equestrian Hunting Scene

Footed Dish with Equestrian Hunting Scene

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 8th century

Public domainThe Met
Ritual wine ewer (gong) with masks (taotie), dragons, and real animals

Ritual wine ewer (gong) with masks (taotie), dragons, and real animals

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1100-1050 BCE

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. 1706 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. 1526952 matched · 40 examined · 6 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 22:56 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.