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 “Fecundity Figure” — 64 records examined, 35 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 20:49 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.
Fecundity Figure

Fecundity Figure

Artist not stated in the record · 360–343 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Figure Study for "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel", by Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

Figure Study for "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel"

Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919 · 1886

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Openwork plaque with a fecundity figure

Openwork plaque with a fecundity figure

Artist not stated in the record · 664–525 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Interior Scene with Figure with a Wheel, Draped Figure, and Reading Figure, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

Interior Scene with Figure with a Wheel, Draped Figure, and Reading Figure

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1820–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab with the Representation of Fecundity Figures (Hapy)

Scarab with the Representation of Fecundity Figures (Hapy)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1802–1640 B.C.

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–19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tree Spirit Deity (Yakshi)

Tree Spirit Deity (Yakshi)

Artist not stated in the record · 1st–2nd century

Public domainThe Met
Figure Sketches, Egypt, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Figure Sketches, Egypt

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · January 1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ostracon Depicting the God Sobek

Ostracon Depicting the God Sobek

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300–1080 BCE

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

Allegorical Figure of "Europe"

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 18th–19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chicomecoatl goddess, by Mexica artist(s)

Chicomecoatl goddess

Mexica artist(s) · 1325–1521 CE

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

Allegorical Figure of "America"

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 18th–19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Personification of the River Nile, by Giovanni Volpato

Personification of the River Nile

Giovanni Volpato · ca. 1785–95

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

Allegorical Figure of "Africa"

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 18th–19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Schloss Milkel in Moonlight, by Carl Gustav Carus

Schloss Milkel in Moonlight

Carl Gustav Carus · ca. 1833–35

Public domainThe Met
Four Figures in a Fantastical Garden, by Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769

Four Figures in a Fantastical Garden

Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769 · 1738–49

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lotus-Headed Fertility Goddess Lajja Gauri

Lotus-Headed Fertility Goddess Lajja Gauri

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 6th century

Public domainThe Met
Allegorical Figures of the "Four Continents", by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Allegorical Figures of the "Four Continents"

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 18th–19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Statuette of Amenopet naming the provider/beneficiary Amenirdis son of Horiaa

Statuette of Amenopet naming the provider/beneficiary Amenirdis son of Horiaa

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 800–595 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Woodcarving of a slave trader with enslaved female figure, by Unidentified

Woodcarving of a slave trader with enslaved female figure

Unidentified · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rain god pendant, by Mexica artist(s)

Rain god pendant

Mexica artist(s) · 1325–1521 CE

Public domainThe Met
Sketch of Figures Bearing a Cross, by Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909

Sketch of Figures Bearing a Cross

Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909 · ca. 1895

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cicada on a Grapevine, by Bokurin Guan

Cicada on a Grapevine

Bokurin Guan · late 14th–early 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Semi-circular Figural Scene with Central Figure Possibly Ascending

Semi-circular Figural Scene with Central Figure Possibly Ascending

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. 30 matched · 24 examined · 7 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. 36279 matched · 40 examined · 28 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 20:49 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.