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 “Scene of Fishing and Fowling” — 64 records examined, 27 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 06:12 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.
Scene of Fishing and Fowling

Scene of Fishing and Fowling

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1347–1330 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Firearms Ornament and Hunting Scenes, by Gilles Demarteau, Flemish, 1722 – 1776

Designs for Firearms Ornament and Hunting Scenes

Gilles Demarteau, Flemish, 1722 – 1776 · 1736

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fishing, by Edouard Manet

Fishing

Edouard Manet · ca. 1862–63

Public domainThe Met
Market Scene, by Bucholzer, H.

Market Scene

Bucholzer, H. · 1848

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Model Sporting Boat

Model Sporting Boat

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1981–1975 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Fowling, by Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 – 1628

Fowling

Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 – 1628 · ca. 1595

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
North Side of the West Wall of Nakht's Offering Chapel, by Norman de Garis Davies

North Side of the West Wall of Nakht's Offering Chapel

Norman de Garis Davies · 1908–1914; original ca. 1410–1370 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Overdoor

Overdoor

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief block depicting plucking and roasting fowl and herds crossing water

Relief block depicting plucking and roasting fowl and herds crossing water

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1962–1952 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Project for Tapestry Dedicated to Farm Life, by Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811

Project for Tapestry Dedicated to Farm Life

Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811 · 1780–95

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fishing and Fowling, Tomb of Ipuy, by Nina de Garis Davies

Fishing and Fowling, Tomb of Ipuy

Nina de Garis Davies · ca. 1290–1224 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Le Sacrifice à l'Amour (Offrande à l'Amour), by Jean-Baptiste Huët, French, 1745–1811

Le Sacrifice à l'Amour (Offrande à l'Amour)

Jean-Baptiste Huët, French, 1745–1811 · ca. 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fish Market, by Joachim Beuckelaer

Fish Market

Joachim Beuckelaer · 1568

Public domainThe Met
Brisé fan

Brisé fan

Artist not stated in the record · 1690–1710

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vessel with mythological scene, by Metropolitan Painter

Vessel with mythological scene

Metropolitan Painter · 600–800 CE

Public domainThe Met
La Couronnement de la Rosiere, by Jean-Baptiste Huët, French, 1745–1811

La Couronnement de la Rosiere

Jean-Baptiste Huët, French, 1745–1811 · 1789–92

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: North Wall

Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: North Wall

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2446–2389 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ameiurus melas

Ameiurus melas

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Jul 1894

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Relief Fragment Showing Waterfowl in a Clapnet

Relief Fragment Showing Waterfowl in a Clapnet

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2020–2000 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Lives of Saint Peter and Christ

Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Lives of Saint Peter and Christ

Artist not stated in the record · early 300s, with modern restoration

Public domainThe Met
Scenes in the Country, by Kollner, August

Scenes in the Country

Kollner, August · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two Angels, by North Italian Painter (Verona?)

Two Angels

North Italian Painter (Verona?) · ca. 1330

Public domainThe Met
American Hunting Scenes, by Max, Jacoby & Zeller

American Hunting Scenes

Max, Jacoby & Zeller · ca 1870

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. 403 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. 3170385 matched · 40 examined · 26 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 06:12 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.