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 “Inscribed Linen of Satiyet” — 64 records examined, 15 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-30 15:08 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.
Triptych with the Mandylion, by The Kremlin Armory Workshops, Moscow

Triptych with the Mandylion

The Kremlin Armory Workshops, Moscow · 1637

Public domainThe Met
Purse

Purse

Artist not stated in the record · 1821

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Inscribed Linen of Satiyet

Inscribed Linen of Satiyet

Artist not stated in the record · 332–30 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sense of Taste, by Paul Scarron, French, 1610 - 1660

Sense of Taste

Paul Scarron, French, 1610 - 1660 · mid- 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond, by Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso

Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso · after ca. 1461

Public domainThe Met
Album of Prints: Book of Vases by François Boucher, by François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

Album of Prints: Book of Vases by François Boucher

François Boucher, French, 1703–1770 · 1772–79

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Red-Dyed Length of Linen

Red-Dyed Length of Linen

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1981–1975 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shield for the Field or Tournament (Targe)

Shield for the Field or Tournament (Targe)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1450

Public domainThe Met
US Cavalry officer's uniform riding pants worn by John H. Alexander, by John G. Haas, American

US Cavalry officer's uniform riding pants worn by John H. Alexander

John G. Haas, American · ca. 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Inscribed Linen Sheet from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Inscribed Linen Sheet from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1328–1318 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Apotheosis of Franklin

Apotheosis of Franklin

Artist not stated in the record · 1780s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Linen Mark

Linen Mark

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 945–721 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Apotheosis of Franklin

Apotheosis of Franklin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Linen from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Linen from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1328–1318 BCE

Public domainThe Met
1796 - 1798 Bethiah Green's Embroidered Counterpane, by Green, Bethiah D.

1796 - 1798 Bethiah Green's Embroidered Counterpane

Green, Bethiah D. · 1796-1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Inscribed Mummy Bandage

Inscribed Mummy Bandage

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 945–525 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Apotheosis of Franklin

Apotheosis of Franklin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mummy Bandage Inscribed for Paherer

Mummy Bandage Inscribed for Paherer

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

Public domainThe Met
Apotheosis of Franklin

Apotheosis of Franklin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Corner of a Sheet Inscribed with the Cartouche of Neferure

Corner of a Sheet Inscribed with the Cartouche of Neferure

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1473 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1827

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sheet

Sheet

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1473 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1805

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. 251 matched · 24 examined · 6 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. 2859325 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 2026-08-30 15:08 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.