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 “Winged griffin plaque inscribed with the name Nebpehtyre (Ahmose I)” — 57 records examined, 25 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-07 00:43 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.
Winged griffin plaque inscribed with the name Nebpehtyre (Ahmose I)

Winged griffin plaque inscribed with the name Nebpehtyre (Ahmose I)

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

Public domainThe Met
Clock, by Antoine-Andre Ravrio, French, 1759–1814

Clock

Antoine-Andre Ravrio, French, 1759–1814 · 1807–10

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coffin of Ahmose

Coffin of Ahmose

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

Public domainThe Met
Valentine

Valentine

Artist not stated in the record · 1870–80

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
Bookmark, by Thomas Stevens, English, 1828–1888

Bookmark

Thomas Stevens, English, 1828–1888 · 1870–1880

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
Altro spaccato per longo della stessa bottega, ove si vedonofra le aperture del vestibolo le immense piramide, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

Altro spaccato per longo della stessa bottega, ove si vedonofra le aperture del vestibolo le immense piramide, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778 · 1769

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel with Byzantine Ivory Carving of the Crucifixion

Panel with Byzantine Ivory Carving of the Crucifixion

Artist not stated in the record · 10th century (ivory); late 11th century (setting)

Public domainThe Met
Rookwood, by Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

Rookwood

Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967 · 1903–13

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Magi, by Quinten Massys

The Adoration of the Magi

Quinten Massys · 1526

Public domainThe Met
Bootsy Collins Space Bass guitar owned by Bootsy Collins

Bootsy Collins Space Bass guitar owned by Bootsy Collins

Artist not stated in the record · July 2002

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Blessing, Surrounded by a Donor Family, by German Painter

Christ Blessing, Surrounded by a Donor Family

German Painter · ca. 1573–82

Public domainThe Met
VASES NOUVEAUX, by Maurice Jacques, French, ca. 1712–1784

VASES NOUVEAUX

Maurice Jacques, French, ca. 1712–1784 · 1760-1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel with an Ivory Crucifixion Scene

Panel with an Ivory Crucifixion Scene

Artist not stated in the record · late 11th century

Public domainThe Met
Framed photograph of Lt. General Colin L. Powell in West Wing of White House

Framed photograph of Lt. General Colin L. Powell in West Wing of White House

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1986-1989

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Horse blinker carved in relief with a seated sphinx

Horse blinker carved in relief with a seated sphinx

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 8th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Pendant Design, by Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581

Pendant Design

Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581 · 1581

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
Design for a painted ceiling, by Charles Percier, French, 1764–1838

Design for a painted ceiling

Charles Percier, French, 1764–1838 · ca. 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pierced Bowl Signed by Hasan al-Qashani

Pierced Bowl Signed by Hasan al-Qashani

Artist not stated in the record · late 11th–early 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for Ornamental Arabesque Motifs, by Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin, French, 1735–1802

Design for Ornamental Arabesque Motifs

Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin, French, 1735–1802 · 1770

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
"I Am W.W. King, Who The [Devil] Are You"

"I Am W.W. King, Who The [Devil] Are You"

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

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. 17 matched · 17 examined · 0 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. 7467107 matched · 40 examined · 25 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 2026-09-07 00:43 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.