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 “Reconstruction of a Cartouche of Amenhotep III” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 06:24 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.
Reconstruction of a Cartouche of Amenhotep III

Reconstruction of a Cartouche of Amenhotep III

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

Public domainThe Met
George III silver sugar sifter ladle

George III silver sugar sifter ladle

Artist not stated in the record · 1815

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reconstruction of Geometric Decoration

Reconstruction of Geometric Decoration

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

Public domainThe Met
George III silver tea caddy

George III silver tea caddy

Artist not stated in the record · 1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Amenhotep III and his Mother, Mutemwia, in a Kiosk, by Nina de Garis Davies

Amenhotep III and his Mother, Mutemwia, in a Kiosk

Nina de Garis Davies · 1914; original ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
George III sterling silver coffee pot

George III sterling silver coffee pot

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reconstruction of a Foundation Deposit

Reconstruction of a Foundation Deposit

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for Dedication Page to Charles III of Spain and the Two Sicilies, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1692 - 1770

Design for Dedication Page to Charles III of Spain and the Two Sicilies

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1692 - 1770 · ca. 1762

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III

Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III

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

Public domainThe Met
Tile

Tile

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1725

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sphinx of Amenhotep III, possibly from a Model of a Temple

Sphinx of Amenhotep III, possibly from a Model of a Temple

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

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Frame of the Portrait of Charles III, King of Spain, by Johann Esaias Nilson, German, 1721 - 1788

Design for the Frame of the Portrait of Charles III, King of Spain

Johann Esaias Nilson, German, 1721 - 1788 · 1759

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cartouche of Amenhotep III

Cartouche of Amenhotep III

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

Public domainThe Met
George III silver sugar tongs

George III silver sugar tongs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cartouche of Amenhotep III

Cartouche of Amenhotep III

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

Public domainThe Met
Palace Façade with Cartouche, by Giovanni Battista Natali III, Italian, 1698 - 1765

Palace Façade with Cartouche

Giovanni Battista Natali III, Italian, 1698 - 1765 · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sealing from a Jar with the Name of a king Amenhotep

Sealing from a Jar with the Name of a king Amenhotep

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

Public domainThe Met
Sampler, by Brunnell

Sampler

Brunnell · 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Colossal Statue of Amenhotep III, reworked, reinscribed by Merneptah

Colossal Statue of Amenhotep III, reworked, reinscribed by Merneptah

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

Public domainThe Met
Titlepage and Cartouche Designs, by Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692

Titlepage and Cartouche Designs

Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692 · ca.1690

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reconstruction of a Cavetto Cornice

Reconstruction of a Cavetto Cornice

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

Public domainThe Met
Frieze

Frieze

Artist not stated in the record · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed for Amenhotep III

Scarab Inscribed for Amenhotep III

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

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Cartouches, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Designs for Cartouches

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

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. 772 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. 3856452 matched · 40 examined · 5 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 06:24 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.