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 “Top of standard with male figure and flanking ibexes attacked by dogs” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 02:37 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.
Top of standard with male figure and flanking ibexes attacked by dogs

Top of standard with male figure and flanking ibexes attacked by dogs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1500–1100 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Gate to the Temple of Hymen, Pavilion Erected in the Place Dauphin, Paris, France, by Charles-François Hutin, French, 1715 - 1776

Gate to the Temple of Hymen, Pavilion Erected in the Place Dauphin, Paris, France

Charles-François Hutin, French, 1715 - 1776 · 1745

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Top of standard with male figure and flanking ibexes attacked by dogs

Top of standard with male figure and flanking ibexes attacked by dogs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1500–1100 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion and Flowers, by Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686

Designs for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion and Flowers

Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686 · ca. 1660-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Marriage Feast at Cana, by Juan de Flandes

The Marriage Feast at Cana

Juan de Flandes · ca. 1497

Public domainThe Met
Inkstand with victory column flanked by figures of fame on top of military trophies, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Inkstand with victory column flanked by figures of fame on top of military trophies

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1796–1804

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure with Feathered Headdress

Standing Figure with Feathered Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Ice Skater

Ice Skater

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

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
The Coat of Arms of Tschertie

The Coat of Arms of Tschertie

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1521

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Astronomical table clock, by Jeremias Metzger

Astronomical table clock

Jeremias Metzger · 1568

Public domainThe Met
Alcove with a Bed and Figures, by Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682

Alcove with a Bed and Figures

Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682 · 1655–57

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel with Hunting Scenes

Panel with Hunting Scenes

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1350

Public domainThe Met
Alcove with a Bed and Figures, by Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682

Alcove with a Bed and Figures

Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682 · 1656–57

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, by Jan van Eyck

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck · ca. 1436–38

Public domainThe Met
Design for the North Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy, by Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786

Design for the North Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy

Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786 · ca. 1755

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Battle between Christians and Muslims at El Sotillo, by Francisco de Zurbarán

Battle between Christians and Muslims at El Sotillo

Francisco de Zurbarán · ca. 1637–39

Public domainThe Met
Projet de l'autel de St. Leu de Paris (Design for the Altar of St. Leu of Paris), plate 104, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier), by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750

Projet de l'autel de St. Leu de Paris (Design for the Altar of St. Leu of Paris), plate 104, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750 · 1748

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Barberini Cabinet, by Galleria dei Lavori, Florence

Barberini Cabinet

Galleria dei Lavori, Florence · ca. 1606–23

Public domainThe Met
Titlepage and Cartouche Designs, by Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692

Titlepage and Cartouche Designs

Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692 · ca.1690

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Head from a Figure with a Beaded Headdress

Head from a Figure with a Beaded Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Dessein des grandes Grilles posées sur la Place Royale de Nancy en 1755 par ordre de S.M. le Roy de Pologne, by Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771

Dessein des grandes Grilles posées sur la Place Royale de Nancy en 1755 par ordre de S.M. le Roy de Pologne

Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771 · 1767–68

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. 28 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. 3810509 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 2026-09-03 02:37 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.