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. 20 shown for “Scarab Inscribed with the Horus Falcon and Uraeus” — 64 records examined, 40 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 06:57 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.
Scarab Inscribed with the Horus Falcon and Uraeus

Scarab Inscribed with the Horus Falcon and Uraeus

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

Public domainThe Met
Puzza tenant son fils Horus Divinitéz qui préside aux grains et fruits Chez les Chinois, by François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755

Puzza tenant son fils Horus Divinitéz qui préside aux grains et fruits Chez les Chinois

François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755 · 1736

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Ring of Ruiu

Scarab Ring of Ruiu

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1504–1447 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Vase, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Vase

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · ca. 1909–10

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Sahure Accompanied by a Divine Figure

King Sahure Accompanied by a Divine Figure

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2458–2446 BCE

Public domainThe Met
"Blackpool"

"Blackpool"

Artist not stated in the record · 1900–10

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Magical Stela with Horus the Child

Magical Stela with Horus the Child

Artist not stated in the record · 360–343 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Advertisement for "Atlas Ready Mixed Paint", by Whitehead & Hoag Company

Advertisement for "Atlas Ready Mixed Paint"

Whitehead & Hoag Company · 1900–10

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lintel depicting Horus offering an ankh sign to the Horus name of King Amenemhat I

Lintel depicting Horus offering an ankh sign to the Horus name of King Amenemhat I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1981–1952 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Hare Hunt with Falcons, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Hare Hunt with Falcons

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1599

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Senwosret III as a Sphinx

Senwosret III as a Sphinx

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1878–1840 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Advertisement for the "National Union of the United Brewery Workmen", by Whitehead & Hoag Company

Advertisement for the "National Union of the United Brewery Workmen"

Whitehead & Hoag Company · 1900–10

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief-decorated Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle"); Horus falcon in marshes on one side; cow goddess in marshes on the other

Relief-decorated Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle"); Horus falcon in marshes on one side; cow goddess in marshes on the other

Artist not stated in the record · 664–525 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Falcon's hood

Falcon's hood

Artist not stated in the record · early 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed With a Protective Motif

Scarab Inscribed With a Protective Motif

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Bird Hunt with Falcons, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Bird Hunt with Falcons

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1580–1605

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lintel depicting King Amenemhat I flanked by Nekhbet, Horus, Anubis, and Wadjet

Lintel depicting King Amenemhat I flanked by Nekhbet, Horus, Anubis, and Wadjet

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1981–1952 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Scarab Inscribed with Hieroglyphs

Scarab Inscribed with Hieroglyphs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760–1670 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Cowroid Seal Amulet Inscribed with the Name of Hatshepsut

Cowroid Seal Amulet Inscribed with the Name of Hatshepsut

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

Public domainThe Met
Scarab Inscribed with a Hieroglyphic Motif

Scarab Inscribed with a Hieroglyphic Motif

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

Public domainThe Met
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. 84 matched · 24 examined · 8 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. 1952890 matched · 40 examined · 32 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.8 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-27 06:57 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.