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 “Funerary Stele with Cross at Center in Architectural Frame” — 64 records examined, 0 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 00:17 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.
Funerary Stele with Cross at Center in Architectural Frame

Funerary Stele with Cross at Center in Architectural Frame

Artist not stated in the record · 6th–7th century

Public domainThe Met
Elevation of a Royal Catafalque, by Luca Arinelli, Italian, active 1770

Elevation of a Royal Catafalque

Luca Arinelli, Italian, active 1770 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Funerary Stele with Cross Medallion below Eagle at Center in Architectural Frame

Funerary Stele with Cross Medallion below Eagle at Center in Architectural Frame

Artist not stated in the record · 6th–7th century

Public domainThe Met
Project: the decoration of a panel

Project: the decoration of a panel

Artist not stated in the record · 1600–1625

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Funerary Stele with Architectural Frame

Funerary Stele with Architectural Frame

Artist not stated in the record · 6th–7th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for an Altar, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Design for an Altar

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1749-1761

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marble grave stele with a family group

Marble grave stele with a family group

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 360 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for an Easter Sepulchre, by Vinzenz Fischer, German, 1729 - 1810

Design for an Easter Sepulchre

Vinzenz Fischer, German, 1729 - 1810 · ca. 1757

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Funerary Stele with Eagle in Architectural Frame

Funerary Stele with Eagle in Architectural Frame

Artist not stated in the record · 6th–7th century

Public domainThe Met
Eight designs for altar mensae, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Eight designs for altar mensae

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1746-1809

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Funerary Stele with Ankh (Looped Cross) Featuring a Human Face at the Center

Funerary Stele with Ankh (Looped Cross) Featuring a Human Face at the Center

Artist not stated in the record · 6th–7th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for Ceiling, City Hall, Vienna, Austria, by Friedrich von Schmidt, German, 1825 - 1891

Design for Ceiling, City Hall, Vienna, Austria

Friedrich von Schmidt, German, 1825 - 1891 · ca. 1880

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with the Descent from the Cross

Plaque with the Descent from the Cross

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1320–40

Public domainThe Met
Wire frame, cross & star center on stand

Wire frame, cross & star center on stand

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1879-1962

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Funerary Stele with Orant Figure in Architectural Frame

Funerary Stele with Orant Figure in Architectural Frame

Artist not stated in the record · 6th–7th century

Public domainThe Met
Tablet with an inscription, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Tablet with an inscription

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1780–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Funerary mask, by Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s)

Funerary mask

Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s) · 900–1100 CE

Public domainThe Met
Wire frame, crown & cross on folding stand

Wire frame, crown & cross on folding stand

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1860-1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Cloisters Cross

The Cloisters Cross

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

Public domainThe Met
Wire frame, crown & cross, small

Wire frame, crown & cross, small

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1879-1962

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt, by Peter Paul Rubens

A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt

Peter Paul Rubens · ca. 1635

Public domainThe Met
Wire frame, crown & cross, small

Wire frame, crown & cross, small

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1860-1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Mahisha

Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Mahisha

Artist not stated in the record · second half of the 9th century

Public domainThe Met
Wire frame, Maltese cross

Wire frame, Maltese cross

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1860-1940

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. 955 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. 7479244 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 2026-08-28 00:17 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.