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 “Horus standing on two captives' heads” — 64 records examined, 9 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 11:23 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.
Horus standing on two captives' heads

Horus standing on two captives' heads

Artist not stated in the record · 664–30 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Minerva and a winged god, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Minerva and a winged god

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1813–18

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bronze statuette of a philosopher on a lamp stand

Bronze statuette of a philosopher on a lamp stand

Artist not stated in the record · late 1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Standing Atlante (a Dacian captive)

Standing Atlante (a Dacian captive)

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Magical Stela with Horus the Child

Magical Stela with Horus the Child

Artist not stated in the record · 360–343 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Allegorical Temple Design and Ornamented Gueridons, by Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711

Allegorical Temple Design and Ornamented Gueridons

Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711 · 1711

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Statue of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II in the Jubilee Garment

Statue of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II in the Jubilee Garment

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2051–2000 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Two Designs for Trophies, by Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828

Two Designs for Trophies

Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828 · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Figure of an Asiatic captive

Figure of an Asiatic captive

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

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Decoration of a Panel, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for the Decoration of a Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1775-1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Vishnu as Keshava, by Dasoja of Balligrama

Standing Vishnu as Keshava

Dasoja of Balligrama · first quarter of the 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Triumphal arch in honor of the emperor, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Triumphal arch in honor of the emperor

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · After 1804

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lintel depicting Horus offering an ankh sign to the Horus name of King Amenemhat I

Lintel depicting Horus offering an ankh sign to the Horus name of King Amenemhat I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1981–1952 BCE

Public domainThe Met
After the Hunt: Two Hounds beside a Boar's Head, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French, 1686 – 1755

After the Hunt: Two Hounds beside a Boar's Head

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French, 1686 – 1755 · 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Statuette of Kary carrying a standard of Horus

Statuette of Kary carrying a standard of Horus

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1290–1224 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Doors of a prison, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Doors of a prison

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1780–1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Donation Stela of Shebitqo

Donation Stela of Shebitqo

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 708–705 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sepulchral Monument to a Hero, by Unknown, Italian

Sepulchral Monument to a Hero

Unknown, Italian · 1815–30

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Inkstand for the Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais of Italy, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Inkstand for the Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais of Italy

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing figure, by Teotihuacan artist(s)

Standing figure

Teotihuacan artist(s) · 350–600 CE

Public domainThe Met
Elevation of a Candelabra

Elevation of a Candelabra

Artist not stated in the record · 1700–1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Isis and Horus

Isis and Horus

Artist not stated in the record · 664–30 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for two andirons, by Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai

Design for two andirons

Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai · 1800–1825

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. 1047765 matched · 40 examined · 9 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 2026-09-05 11:23 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.