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 “Scarab with Representation of an Enthroned King” — 64 records examined, 10 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 01:45 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 with Representation of an Enthroned King

Scarab with Representation of an Enthroned King

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–900 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for an Altar, by Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786

Design for an Altar

Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786 · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sculpture of an Enthroned King

Sculpture of an Enthroned King

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1230–35

Public domainThe Met
Romulus and Remus, Thirteen Paintings for the Sala delle Origini di Roma, Faenza, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Romulus and Remus, Thirteen Paintings for the Sala delle Origini di Roma, Faenza

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1803

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

Public domainThe Met
Romulus and Remus: Decorations for Reception Room, Aldini Villa, Montmorency, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Romulus and Remus: Decorations for Reception Room, Aldini Villa, Montmorency

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1813

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief with enthroned ruler, by Chakalte'

Relief with enthroned ruler

Chakalte' · 770 CE

Public domainThe Met
Bacchus, Apollo and Mnemosine; Minerva with Trophies, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Bacchus, Apollo and Mnemosine; Minerva with Trophies

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1798–1801

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
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Bishops with St. John, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Bishops with St. John

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1813–18

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
Mythological or Biblical Scene; Juno and Jove Enthroned with Three Fates; Three Graces with Apollo and Minerva; Sculptural Relief and Obelisk, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Mythological or Biblical Scene; Juno and Jove Enthroned with Three Fates; Three Graces with Apollo and Minerva; Sculptural Relief and Obelisk

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · Century: 19

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Statuette of an ancestral king

Statuette of an ancestral king

Artist not stated in the record · 380–246 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Saint Sebastian, Detail of Polyptich with the Virgin Enthroned, Study after Dosso Dossi, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Saint Sebastian, Detail of Polyptich with the Virgin Enthroned, Study after Dosso Dossi

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1821–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab

Scarab

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1473 BCE

Public domainThe Met
The Assumption of Mary

The Assumption of Mary

Artist not stated in the record · 1755

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Censer with seated king, by Maya artist(s)

Censer with seated king

Maya artist(s) · 300–400 CE

Public domainThe Met
St. George, Detail from a Polytich with Virgin Enthroned, Study after Dosso Dossi, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

St. George, Detail from a Polytich with Virgin Enthroned, Study after Dosso Dossi

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1821–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Head of Ahmose I

Head of Ahmose I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1525 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Madonna enthroned with saints, by Denys Calvaert, Flemish, 1540 - 1619

Madonna enthroned with saints

Denys Calvaert, Flemish, 1540 - 1619 · 1580

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
Madonna Enthroned, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Madonna Enthroned

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1821–22

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
King Arthur (from the Heroes Tapestries)

King Arthur (from the Heroes Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1400–1410

Public domainThe Met
The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints; Study after Panetti or Costa, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints; Study after Panetti or Costa

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1821–22

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. 493 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. 2936214 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 2026-08-27 01:45 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.