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 “Panel from a Hathor Column” — 64 records examined, 7 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 15:34 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.
Panel from a Hathor Column

Panel from a Hathor Column

Artist not stated in the record · 423–332 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Four gateways, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Four gateways

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1780–1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel

Panel

Artist not stated in the record · second half 8th century

Public domainThe Met
Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican [Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano, plate IV], by Giovanni Ottaviani, ca. 1735 – 1808

Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican [Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano, plate IV]

Giovanni Ottaviani, ca. 1735 – 1808 · 1772–77

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Palm Column of Sahure

Palm Column of Sahure

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2458–2446 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Scenic Panel from 'Scènes Siciliennes', by Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797

Scenic Panel from 'Scènes Siciliennes'

Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797 · 1840–60

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Holy Family with an Angel, by Raffaellino del Garbo (also known as Raffaelle de' Capponi and Raffaelle de' Carli)

Holy Family with an Angel

Raffaellino del Garbo (also known as Raffaelle de' Capponi and Raffaelle de' Carli) · ca. 1490

Public domainThe Met
Arabesque Panel, by Jean Louis Prieur, French, 1732 - 1795

Arabesque Panel

Jean Louis Prieur, French, 1732 - 1795 · ca. 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tabernacle House Altar with the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Annunciation., by Reinhold Vasters

Tabernacle House Altar with the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Annunciation.

Reinhold Vasters · second half 16th century (panels); ca. 1865–90 (frame)

Public domainThe Met
"Les Francais en Egypte" [French in Egypt], by Jean-Julien Deltil, 1791 – 1863

"Les Francais en Egypte" [French in Egypt]

Jean-Julien Deltil, 1791 – 1863 · ca. 1814

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kohl Tube Holder in the Form of a Papyrus Column

Kohl Tube Holder in the Form of a Papyrus Column

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Wall Elevation, Alexander Palace, Tsarkoie-Selo, Russia, by Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian, 1744 - 1817

Wall Elevation, Alexander Palace, Tsarkoie-Selo, Russia

Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian, 1744 - 1817 · 1792–96

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Amulet of a rearing cobra with a Hathor-emblem head

Amulet of a rearing cobra with a Hathor-emblem head

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–332 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Alternative Designs for a Metal Gate

Alternative Designs for a Metal Gate

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Column with Hathor-emblem capital and names of Nectanebo I on the shaft

Column with Hathor-emblem capital and names of Nectanebo I on the shaft

Artist not stated in the record · 380–362 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Wall Elevation with Panels of Chinese Figures, for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, by Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

Wall Elevation with Panels of Chinese Figures, for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859 · 1815–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sistrum Inscribed with the Names of King Teti

Sistrum Inscribed with the Names of King Teti

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2323–2291 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Two capitals of columns, with alternative suggestions

Two capitals of columns, with alternative suggestions

Artist not stated in the record · 1780–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marsyas, by Balthasar Permoser

Marsyas

Balthasar Permoser · ca. 1680–85

Public domainThe Met
Corona panel designed for NMAAHC (Type E: 85% opacity), by Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008

Corona panel designed for NMAAHC (Type E: 85% opacity)

Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008 · ca. 2013

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Young Man, by Hans Memling

Portrait of a Young Man

Hans Memling · ca. 1472–75

Public domainThe Met
Elevation of a Town Mansion, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Elevation of a Town Mansion

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1750-1800

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
Vestibule de St. Remy à Luneville, by Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780

Vestibule de St. Remy à Luneville

Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780 · mid- 18th century

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. 328 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 1950935 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 15:34 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.