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 beneath feet of a cartonnage, with scorpions on soles” — 64 records examined, 13 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 19:34 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 beneath feet of a cartonnage, with scorpions on soles

Panel from beneath feet of a cartonnage, with scorpions on soles

Artist not stated in the record · late 3rd century BCE–1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Altar of Colored Marbles,, by Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819

Altar of Colored Marbles,

Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819 · ca. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Foot covering from a mummy, with scorpions on soles

Foot covering from a mummy, with scorpions on soles

Artist not stated in the record · late 3rd century BCE–1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Snuff Box

Snuff Box

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Commode à vantaux, by David Roentgen

Commode à vantaux

David Roentgen · ca. 1775–79 with later alterations

Public domainThe Met
Black cotton bathing shoes with white laces, by Unidentified

Black cotton bathing shoes with white laces

Unidentified · ca. 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus, by Gerard David

Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus

Gerard David · ca. 1510

Public domainThe Met
Section of an Ornamental Panel

Section of an Ornamental Panel

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate, by Gerard David

Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate

Gerard David · ca. 1510

Public domainThe Met
Left gold heeled sandal with ankle strap, by Unidentified

Left gold heeled sandal with ankle strap

Unidentified · ca. 1975

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
"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
The Adoration of the Magi, by Bartolo di Fredi

The Adoration of the Magi

Bartolo di Fredi · ca. 1390

Public domainThe Met
Sketches, by Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805

Sketches

Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805 · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, by Jan van Eyck

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck · ca. 1436–38

Public domainThe Met
Worn Shoe Sole

Worn Shoe Sole

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Diptych with Scenes from the Passion of Jesus

Diptych with Scenes from the Passion of Jesus

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1350

Public domainThe Met
Alesis HR-16 drum machine used by Prince Paul

Alesis HR-16 drum machine used by Prince Paul

Artist not stated in the record · 1988

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
Black platform ankle boots worn by Bootsy Collins

Black platform ankle boots worn by Bootsy Collins

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1990

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456), by Hans Memling

Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456)

Hans Memling · ca. 1470

Public domainThe Met
Right teal and purple boot with purple laces

Right teal and purple boot with purple laces

Artist not stated in the record · 1980s - 1990s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Samson and Delilah, by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Samson and Delilah

Lucas Cranach the Elder · ca. 1528–30

Public domainThe Met
Design for an Entrance Wall of a Dressing Room

Design for an Entrance Wall of a Dressing Room

Artist not stated in the record · 1800-1810

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. 335 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. 4048979 matched · 40 examined · 10 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 2026-08-28 19:34 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.