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. 20 shown for “Head of a goddess, probably Mut, for attachment to a processional barque” — 64 records examined, 33 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 02:59 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.
Head of a goddess, probably Mut, for attachment to a processional barque

Head of a goddess, probably Mut, for attachment to a processional barque

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

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Ceiling Painting: Diana Selene Perceives Endymion

Design for a Ceiling Painting: Diana Selene Perceives Endymion

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Water lily attachment, probably for a processional barque

Water lily attachment, probably for a processional barque

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–664 BCE or later

Public domainThe Met
Wall Barometer Design, by Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

Wall Barometer Design

Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790 · 1775–94

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sib sphinx for a barque

Sib sphinx for a barque

Artist not stated in the record · 664–525 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Mantel Clock Design, by Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

Mantel Clock Design

Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790 · 1775–94

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Processional image of the goddess Gauri

Processional image of the goddess Gauri

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Wall Decoration with Oriental Landscape, probably for Conservatory/Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, by Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

Wall Decoration with Oriental Landscape, probably for Conservatory/Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet

Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Cutlery sheath and cap

Cutlery sheath and cap

Artist not stated in the record · late 16th–early 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Perseus with the Head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova

Perseus with the Head of Medusa

Antonio Canova · 1804–6

Public domainThe Met
Scrimshaw etched with patriotic theme owned by John Wesley Cromwell, by Unidentified

Scrimshaw etched with patriotic theme owned by John Wesley Cromwell

Unidentified · 1800-1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Temple of Dendur

The Temple of Dendur

Artist not stated in the record · completed by 10 CE

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

Drawing

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1813

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stela with Taweret and Mut of Isheru

Stela with Taweret and Mut of Isheru

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Tool, Wire Cutter, by A.B.Chance Company

Tool, Wire Cutter

A.B.Chance Company

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Head from a Statue of King Amenhotep I

Head from a Statue of King Amenhotep I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1525–1504 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Head of Hathor from a clapper the inscription calling the musician who used it "beloved by the goddess Mut , Lady of Isheru (Karnak)

Head of Hathor from a clapper the inscription calling the musician who used it "beloved by the goddess Mut , Lady of Isheru (Karnak)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300–664 BCE

Public domainThe Met
The Female Pharaoh Hatshepsut

The Female Pharaoh Hatshepsut

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

Public domainThe Met
Saint Mary Magdalen Holding a Crucifix; (reverse) The Flagellation, by Spinello Aretino (Spinello di Luca Spinelli)

Saint Mary Magdalen Holding a Crucifix; (reverse) The Flagellation

Spinello Aretino (Spinello di Luca Spinelli) · ca. 1395–1400

Public domainThe Met
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. 42 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 4159439 matched · 40 examined · 32 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.8 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-02 02:59 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.