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 “Pillow with a falcon attacking a swan” — 59 records examined, 20 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 07:26 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.
Pillow with a falcon attacking a swan

Pillow with a falcon attacking a swan

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–13th century

Public domainThe Met
Decor Chasse et Peche, by Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863

Decor Chasse et Peche

Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863 · 1859–65

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Belt slide with a falcon attacking a swan

Belt slide with a falcon attacking a swan

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–14th century

Public domainThe Met
The Fort Pillow Massacre, by Kurz & Allison, American, founded 1880

The Fort Pillow Massacre

Kurz & Allison, American, founded 1880 · 1892

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel with Hunting Scenes

Panel with Hunting Scenes

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1350

Public domainThe Met
Pillow cover

Pillow cover

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta aryballos (perfume vase), by Sydney Cluster

Terracotta aryballos (perfume vase)

Sydney Cluster · ca. 620–590 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Pillow cover

Pillow cover

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Toggle in the shape of a falcon attacking a swan

Toggle in the shape of a falcon attacking a swan

Artist not stated in the record · 10th–11th century

Public domainThe Met
Pillow cover, by Sybil Carter Indian Mission and Lace Industry Association

Pillow cover

Sybil Carter Indian Mission and Lace Industry Association · ca. 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tureen with cover, by Edme-Pierre Balzac

Tureen with cover

Edme-Pierre Balzac · 1757–59

Public domainThe Met
Pillow cover

Pillow cover

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

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
Pillow cover

Pillow cover

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag

Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 14th–13th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Pillow sham

Pillow sham

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Textile with Swan Hunt

Textile with Swan Hunt

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–13th century

Public domainThe Met
L'OISEAU DE PROYE, by Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

L'OISEAU DE PROYE

Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · 1743

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shield with Hunting and Landscape Vignettes

Shield with Hunting and Landscape Vignettes

Artist not stated in the record · second half 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Falco columbarius suckleyi

Falco columbarius suckleyi

Artist not stated in the record · 22 Sep 1941

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chair (Sgabello), by Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497)

Chair (Sgabello)

Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497) · ca. 1489–91

Public domainThe Met
Pillow cover

Pillow cover

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mantel clock with alarm, by Franz Xavier Gegenreiner

Mantel clock with alarm

Franz Xavier Gegenreiner · case ca. 1710, movement ca. 1760–70

Public domainThe Met
Pillow cover

Pillow cover

Artist not stated in the record · 16th–early 17th 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. 19 matched · 19 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. 1875615 matched · 40 examined · 20 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 2026-09-01 07:26 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.