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 “Lintel with a Kala Head” — 64 records examined, 14 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 19:21 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.
Lintel with a Kala Head

Lintel with a Kala Head

Artist not stated in the record · ca. mid-10th century

Public domainThe Met
Elevation of a Tomb, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Elevation of a Tomb

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1749-1761

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lintel with a Mask of Kala

Lintel with a Mask of Kala

Artist not stated in the record · ca. first quarter of the 11th century

Public domainThe Met
Temple of the Sun

Temple of the Sun

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lintel depicting King Amenemhat I flanked by Nekhbet, Horus, Anubis, and Wadjet

Lintel depicting King Amenemhat I flanked by Nekhbet, Horus, Anubis, and Wadjet

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

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Mass-Operational House Designed by Hector Guimard, Lintel Designs, by Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942

Design for a Mass-Operational House Designed by Hector Guimard, Lintel Designs

Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942 · October 1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lintel with the Head of a Male Deity

Lintel with the Head of a Male Deity

Artist not stated in the record · 9th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Wall Niche, by John La Farge, American, 1835–1910

Design for a Wall Niche

John La Farge, American, 1835–1910 · 1890–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lintel with the Entombment of Christ (right) and the Holy Women and Angel at the Sepulchre (left)

Lintel with the Entombment of Christ (right) and the Holy Women and Angel at the Sepulchre (left)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1220–30, with modern recarving

Public domainThe Met
The Mountains of Lebanon and Architecture Sketches, Burak, Syria, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

The Mountains of Lebanon and Architecture Sketches, Burak, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · April 27 and 28, 1868

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
Design for Doors, by Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742

Design for Doors

Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742 · 1686–1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lintel with Vishnu on Garuda Standing on a Kala Head

Lintel with Vishnu on Garuda Standing on a Kala Head

Artist not stated in the record · second half of the 11th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for Doors, by Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742

Design for Doors

Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742 · 1686–1716

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman, by Quinten Massys

Portrait of a Woman

Quinten Massys · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722

Title Page

Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722 · 1749–61

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief with enthroned ruler, by Chakalte'

Relief with enthroned ruler

Chakalte' · 770 CE

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722

Title Page

Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722 · 1749–61

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dagger with Hilt in the Form of a Blue Bull (Nilgai)

Dagger with Hilt in the Form of a Blue Bull (Nilgai)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1640

Public domainThe Met
Wallpaper Design

Wallpaper Design

Artist not stated in the record · 1840–60

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Censer with seated king, by Maya artist(s)

Censer with seated king

Maya artist(s) · 300–400 CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Mantlepiece and Overmantle, by Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739

Design for a Mantlepiece and Overmantle

Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Head of a King, possibly Amememhat IV

Head of a King, possibly Amememhat IV

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1814–1805 B.C. suggested

Public domainThe Met
Porte Cochere avec Entresol, necessaire aux Sculpteurs et Menuisiers, by Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794

Porte Cochere avec Entresol, necessaire aux Sculpteurs et Menuisiers

Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794 · ca. 1768

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. 49 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. 1900950 matched · 40 examined · 14 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 19:21 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.