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 “Human-headed winged bull” — 64 records examined, 24 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 20:52 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.
Human-headed winged bull (lamassu)

Human-headed winged bull (lamassu)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 883–859 BCE

Public domainThe Met
The Holy Trinity, by Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

The Holy Trinity

Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528 · 1511

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Brooch with Assyrian human-headed winged bull

Brooch with Assyrian human-headed winged bull

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1873

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Human-headed winged bull and lion

Human-headed winged bull and lion

Artist not stated in the record · 1850–1900

Public domainThe Met
Siren Earrings, by Fortunato Pio Castellani & Sons, Italy, founded 1815

Siren Earrings

Fortunato Pio Castellani & Sons, Italy, founded 1815 · ca. 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Human-headed winged lion and bull

Human-headed winged lion and bull

Artist not stated in the record · 1893

Public domainThe Met
A Cantharus

A Cantharus

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1575

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Brooch with Assyrian winged human-headed bull

Brooch with Assyrian winged human-headed bull

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1870–1875

Public domainThe Met
St. Luke, from The Four Evangelists

St. Luke, from The Four Evangelists

Artist not stated in the record · 1541

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Earrings with Assyrian human-headed winged bulls

Earrings with Assyrian human-headed winged bulls

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1870–1875

Public domainThe Met
Bacchus and Ariadne with Autumn and Victories and Three Roundels with Putti, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Bacchus and Ariadne with Autumn and Victories and Three Roundels with Putti

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Human-headed winged bull

Human-headed winged bull

Artist not stated in the record · 1850–1900

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Water Urn with Stand, by Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868

Design for a Water Urn with Stand

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868 · 1820–35

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Belt buckle with Assyrian human-headed winged bull

Belt buckle with Assyrian human-headed winged bull

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1900

Public domainThe Met
"classical medallions", by Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811

"classical medallions"

Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811 · 1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dress stud with Assyrian human-headed winged bull

Dress stud with Assyrian human-headed winged bull

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1880

Public domainThe Met
Arabesque Ornament Designs, by Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s

Arabesque Ornament Designs

Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stick pin with Assyrian human-headed winged bull

Stick pin with Assyrian human-headed winged bull

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1880

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Vertical Friezes or Pilasters, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Designs for Vertical Friezes or Pilasters

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · ca. 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pendant with Assyrian human-headed winged bull

Pendant with Assyrian human-headed winged bull

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1870

Public domainThe Met
Plate 36, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book), by Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

Plate 36, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618 · 1610

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Brooch with Assyrian human-headed winged bull

Brooch with Assyrian human-headed winged bull

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850–1894

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Candlestick, by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, 1475–1564

Design for a Candlestick

Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, 1475–1564 · 1520–30

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. 346 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. 60 matched · 40 examined · 24 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 20:52 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.