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. 23 shown for “Montu with two heads” — 64 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-30 07:27 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.
Montu with two heads

Montu with two heads

Artist not stated in the record · 664–30 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Mask with Two Heads; Mask with Two Serpent Heads, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Mask with Two Heads; Mask with Two Serpent Heads

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scepter with Montu head

Scepter with Montu head

Artist not stated in the record · 664–525 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Iberis bernardiana Godr. & Gren.

Iberis bernardiana Godr. & Gren.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: /8/68

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
One of Two Doors with Ironwork

One of Two Doors with Ironwork

Artist not stated in the record · 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Iberis bernardiana Godr. & Gren.

Iberis bernardiana Godr. & Gren.

Artist not stated in the record · Jun 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel), by Etienne LeNoir

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Indet. sp.

Indet. sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 9 Jun 1851

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Perseus with the Head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova

Perseus with the Head of Medusa

Antonio Canova · 1804–6

Public domainThe Met
Two Candelabra Designs, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Two Candelabra Designs

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1775-1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Diadem with a Pair of Gazelle Heads

Diadem with a Pair of Gazelle Heads

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1479–1425 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Two Candelabra Designs, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Two Candelabra Designs

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1775-1788

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
Design for Cartouche with Crown, Two Putti Serving Bacchus, and Two Lions from "Cartouches Nouvellement Inventez", by Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731

Design for Cartouche with Crown, Two Putti Serving Bacchus, and Two Lions from "Cartouches Nouvellement Inventez"

Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731 · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel with Horse Heads

Panel with Horse Heads

Artist not stated in the record · 11th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Reliquary of the Holy Cross, by Luzio Romano, Italian, active 1528 – 1575

Design for a Reliquary of the Holy Cross

Luzio Romano, Italian, active 1528 – 1575 · ca. 1540

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Davallia pectinata Sm.

Davallia pectinata Sm.

Artist not stated in the record · 9 Jun 1990

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief Fragment with Parts of Heads of Prisoners

Relief Fragment with Parts of Heads of Prisoners

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2030–2000 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Head cloth (kain kepala)

Head cloth (kain kepala)

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles), by Class W: The Persian Class of Head Vases

Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles)

Class W: The Persian Class of Head Vases · late 5th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Anatomical Sketches of Heads, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Anatomical Sketches of Heads

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · probably 1865–1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Head of King Seti II Wearing the Blue Crown

Head of King Seti II Wearing the Blue Crown

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1214–1208 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Arabesque Design, by Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802

Arabesque Design

Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802 · 1788

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. 5414 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 317729 matched · 40 examined · 3 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 07:27 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.