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 “Relief from the temple of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II” — 64 records examined, 28 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 20:23 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.
Relief from the temple of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II

Relief from the temple of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2051–2030 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Temples of Hera and Athena at Paestum, Italy, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Temples of Hera and Athena at Paestum, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · April 1869

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II and the Goddess Hathor

Relief of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II and the Goddess Hathor

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2010–2000 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Domed Classical Temple with Portico, by Unknown, Italian

Design for a Domed Classical Temple with Portico

Unknown, Italian · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Statue of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II in the Jubilee Garment

Statue of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II in the Jubilee Garment

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2051–2000 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Architectural Fantasy: Temple of Athena Interior, by Charles Michel-Ange Challe, French, 1718 – 1778

Architectural Fantasy: Temple of Athena Interior

Charles Michel-Ange Challe, French, 1718 – 1778 · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Inscribed relief fragment from the shrine of a royal woman within the temple of Mentuhotep II

Inscribed relief fragment from the shrine of a royal woman within the temple of Mentuhotep II

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2051–2030 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Gathering of Buddhas and bodhisattvas

Gathering of Buddhas and bodhisattvas

Artist not stated in the record · 550-577

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief, Nebhepetre Mentuhotep's wives, shrine

Relief, Nebhepetre Mentuhotep's wives, shrine

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2051–2030 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Head of the disciple Ananda

Head of the disciple Ananda

Artist not stated in the record · 550-577

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief Fragments from a Large Figure of Mentuhotep II

Relief Fragments from a Large Figure of Mentuhotep II

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2051–2000 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Western Paradise of the Buddha Amitabha

Western Paradise of the Buddha Amitabha

Artist not stated in the record · 550-577

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of a torus molding from the shrine of a royal woman within the temple of Mentuhotep II

Fragment of a torus molding from the shrine of a royal woman within the temple of Mentuhotep II

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2051–2030 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Temples of Hera I and II, Paestum, Italy, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Temples of Hera I and II, Paestum, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · April 1869

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of a torus molding from the shrine of a royal woman within the temple of Mentuhotep II

Fragment of a torus molding from the shrine of a royal woman within the temple of Mentuhotep II

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2051–2030 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Wimmeria bartlettii Lundell

Wimmeria bartlettii Lundell

Artist not stated in the record · 11 Feb 1959

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Temples of Hera at Paestum, Italy, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Temples of Hera at Paestum, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · April 1869

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief from the Tomb of Nespekashuty

Relief from the Tomb of Nespekashuty

Artist not stated in the record · 656–650 BCE

Public domainThe Met
A Seated Muse, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

A Seated Muse

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1800-1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Doorjamb from a Temple of Ramesses II

Doorjamb from a Temple of Ramesses II

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1290–1224 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Altar Dedicated to a Virgin Martyr [St. Lucy?], by Unknown, Italian

Altar Dedicated to a Virgin Martyr [St. Lucy?]

Unknown, Italian · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Head of a King, Possibly Seankhkare Mentuhotep III

Head of a King, Possibly Seankhkare Mentuhotep III

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2000–1988 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Head of a Buddha

Head of a Buddha

Artist not stated in the record · 550-577

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. 350 matched · 24 examined · 6 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. 3082235 matched · 40 examined · 22 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 2026-08-26 20:23 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.