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 “Relief scene of sacred objects to be used in Khety's funeral” — 64 records examined, 17 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-30 09:28 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 scene of sacred objects to be used in Khety's funeral

Relief scene of sacred objects to be used in Khety's funeral

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

Public domainThe Met
Funeral of Lord Nelson

Funeral of Lord Nelson

Artist not stated in the record · 1806

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
Wire frame, Elk's head

Wire frame, Elk's head

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1879-1962

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser

Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1944 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Sketch, Funereal or Deathbed Scene in Classical Interior, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

Sketch, Funereal or Deathbed Scene in Classical Interior

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1820–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief scene of Khety in an armchair under an elaborate roof

Relief scene of Khety in an armchair under an elaborate roof

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

Public domainThe Met
Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Eagle relief, by Toltec artist(s)

Eagle relief

Toltec artist(s) · 900–1200 CE

Public domainThe Met
Wire frame, victor's wreath

Wire frame, victor's wreath

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1880

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Part of an elaborate roof or canopy - see 26.3.354-2

Part of an elaborate roof or canopy - see 26.3.354-2

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

Public domainThe Met
Design for Clock, by Unknown

Design for Clock

Unknown · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Annunciation, by Hans Memling

The Annunciation

Hans Memling · 1480–89

Public domainThe Met
Wire frame, cross on stand

Wire frame, cross on stand

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1879-1962

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief from the West Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I

Relief from the West Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1299–1290 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Wire frame, cross & star center on stand

Wire frame, cross & star center on stand

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1879-1962

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief panel

Relief panel

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 883–859 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Wire frame, casket cross, large

Wire frame, casket cross, large

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1860-1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), by Paul Gauguin

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)

Paul Gauguin · 1891

Public domainThe Met
Wire frame, slanted cross, small

Wire frame, slanted cross, small

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1860-1940

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
Wire frame, slanted cross on stand

Wire frame, slanted cross on stand

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1860-1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child, by Filippino Lippi

Madonna and Child

Filippino Lippi · ca. 1483–84

Public domainThe Met
Wire frame, cross on stand

Wire frame, cross on stand

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1880

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. 229 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 7484146 matched · 40 examined · 16 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 2026-08-30 09:28 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.