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 “Hunting with a Hawk (from the Hunting Parks Tapestries)” — 64 records examined, 22 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 01:14 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.
Hunting with a Hawk (from the Hunting Parks Tapestries)

Hunting with a Hawk (from the Hunting Parks Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1515–35

Public domainThe Met
Diane, by Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722

Diane

Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722 · 1729–37

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Hunting Scene, by Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio)

A Hunting Scene

Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) · ca. 1494–1500

Public domainThe Met
Hunting Trophy, by Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

Hunting Trophy

Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · 1741

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hunting of Birds with a Hawk and a Bow (from the Hunting Parks Tapestries)

Hunting of Birds with a Hawk and a Bow (from the Hunting Parks Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1515–35

Public domainThe Met
Diane, by Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722

Diane

Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722 · 1729–37

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman, by Aelbert Cuyp

Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman

Aelbert Cuyp · ca. 1652–53

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 3rd–4th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Unicorn Crosses a Stream (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

The Unicorn Crosses a Stream (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · 1495–1505

Public domainThe Met
Bull Hunt with Spears [above]; Bull Hunt with Eagles [below], by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Bull Hunt with Spears [above]; Bull Hunt with Eagles [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1599

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Unicorn Defends Himself (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

The Unicorn Defends Himself (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · 1495–1505

Public domainThe Met
Sidewall

Sidewall

Artist not stated in the record · 1875–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Hunters Enter the Woods (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

The Hunters Enter the Woods (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · 1495–1505

Public domainThe Met
Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 5 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI

Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 5 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI

Artist not stated in the record · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · 1495–1505

Public domainThe Met
Deer Hunt with Hounds [above]; Skylark Hunt with Falcons [below], by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Deer Hunt with Hounds [above]; Skylark Hunt with Falcons [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1596-1599

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Hunters Return to the Castle (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

The Hunters Return to the Castle (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · 1495–1505

Public domainThe Met
Rabbit Hunt with Leopards [above left]; King of England Hunting for Rabbits [below left]; Fishing by Night [above right]; Catching Nightowls [below right], by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Rabbit Hunt with Leopards [above left]; King of England Hunting for Rabbits [below left]; Fishing by Night [above right]; Catching Nightowls [below right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · 1596–1599

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · 1495–1505

Public domainThe Met
Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 2 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI

Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 2 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI

Artist not stated in the record · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hunting Sword with Scabbard, by Joseph Deutschmann

Hunting Sword with Scabbard

Joseph Deutschmann · ca. 1740

Public domainThe Met
Hunting Trophy, by Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

Hunting Trophy

Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · 1741

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Arthur (from the Heroes Tapestries)

King Arthur (from the Heroes Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1400–1410

Public domainThe Met
Hunting Scene with a Dog and Ducks, by Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

Hunting Scene with a Dog and Ducks

Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · 1755–76

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. 1950 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. 2805262 matched · 40 examined · 22 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 2026-08-27 01:14 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.