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 of the foot of an ox- see 26.3.353-3” — 64 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 15:49 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 of the foot of an ox- see 26.3.353-3

Relief of the foot of an ox- see 26.3.353-3

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

Public domainThe Met
View of the Pulpit, Saint Sulpice, Paris (Second Project), by Charles de Wailly, French, 1729 – 1798

View of the Pulpit, Saint Sulpice, Paris (Second Project)

Charles de Wailly, French, 1729 – 1798 · 1789

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief of the foot of an ox - see 26.3.353-3

Relief of the foot of an ox - see 26.3.353-3

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

Public domainThe Met
Oil lamp

Oil lamp

Artist not stated in the record · 1st century BC

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief of female attendants and oxen - see 26.3.353-3

Relief of female attendants and oxen - see 26.3.353-3

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

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762

Ornamental Vase Design

Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762 · 1737

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family, by Master of the Dinteville Allegory

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family

Master of the Dinteville Allegory · 1537

Public domainThe Met
Photographic print of a woman in an ox cart at McLeod's Amusement Park

Photographic print of a woman in an ox cart at McLeod's Amusement Park

Artist not stated in the record · 1926-1945

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief fragment - see 26.3.353-3

Relief fragment - see 26.3.353-3

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

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Pedestal and a Bowl, Intended for Execution in White and Rose Marbles for Marie Antoinette at St. Cloud, by Unknown

Design for a Pedestal and a Bowl, Intended for Execution in White and Rose Marbles for Marie Antoinette at St. Cloud

Unknown · 1780–1785

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ornamental Vase Design, by A. Panier, French, active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

A. Panier, French, active 18th century · 1767-1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief of an Acacia Tree Shading Water Jars with Drinking Cups

Relief of an Acacia Tree Shading Water Jars with Drinking Cups

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

Public domainThe Met
Jar (One of a Pair), by Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766

Jar (One of a Pair)

Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766 · ca. 1725–1750

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
Jar (One of a Pair), by Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766

Jar (One of a Pair)

Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766 · ca. 1725–1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido, by Biduinus

Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido

Biduinus · ca. 1175

Public domainThe Met
Head of a Cow or Ox, by Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920

Head of a Cow or Ox

Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920 · 1871

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief of feet of ox - see 26.3.353-3

Relief of feet of ox - see 26.3.353-3

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

Public domainThe Met
Vase, by The Gates Potteries, 1890 – 1930

Vase

The Gates Potteries, 1890 – 1930 · 1902–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief from the Palace of Apries in Memphis

Relief from the Palace of Apries in Memphis

Artist not stated in the record · 589–570 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Four Continents

Four Continents

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Death of the Virgin (The Dormition), by Tilman Heysacker

The Death of the Virgin (The Dormition)

Tilman Heysacker · late 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Four Continents

Four Continents

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1770

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. 3461 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. 1418 matched · 40 examined · 11 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 2026-09-02 15:49 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.