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 “Anonymous, French” — 64 records examined, 22 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-29 12:29 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.
Samson and the Lion, from "The Story of Samson", by Anonymous, French, 16th century

Samson and the Lion, from "The Story of Samson"

Anonymous, French, 16th century · ca. 1560–80

Public domainThe Met
Album of Prints: Berlines by Janel and Two Other Coaches, by Janel, French, active 18th century

Album of Prints: Berlines by Janel and Two Other Coaches

Janel, French, active 18th century · 1760-1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Destruction of the Royal Statue at New York on July 9, 1776, by Anonymous, French, 18th century

The Destruction of the Royal Statue at New York on July 9, 1776

Anonymous, French, 18th century · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Album of Prints from Various Series Published by Jean Mariette, by Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774

Album of Prints from Various Series Published by Jean Mariette

Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774 · 1686-1742

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
La Destruction de la Statue Royale à Nouvelle Yorck–Die Zerstörung der Königlichen Bild Säule zu Neu Yorck (Destruction of the Royal Statue at New York), by Anonymous, French, 18th century

La Destruction de la Statue Royale à Nouvelle Yorck–Die Zerstörung der Königlichen Bild Säule zu Neu Yorck (Destruction of the Royal Statue at New York)

Anonymous, French, 18th century · 1776–77

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Réprésentation du feu terrible à nouvelle Yorck, que les Américains allumé pendant la nuit du 19. septembre 1776 (Representation of the terrible fire at New York, that the Americans lit during the night of September 19, 1776), by Anonymous, French, 18th century

Réprésentation du feu terrible à nouvelle Yorck, que les Américains allumé pendant la nuit du 19. septembre 1776 (Representation of the terrible fire at New York, that the Americans lit during the night of September 19, 1776)

Anonymous, French, 18th century · ca. 1778

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1803

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
L'Entré triumphale des Troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck – Der Einzug der Königlichen Volcker in Neu Yorck [The Triumphal Entry of Royal Troops into New York], by Anonymous, French, 18th century

L'Entré triumphale des Troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck – Der Einzug der Königlichen Volcker in Neu Yorck [The Triumphal Entry of Royal Troops into New York]

Anonymous, French, 18th century · 1776–77

Public domainThe Met
The Present State of Great Britain

The Present State of Great Britain

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Trompe de chasse "Dauphine", by Cretien workshop, Paris (c.1690 – post 1737)

Trompe de chasse "Dauphine"

Cretien workshop, Paris (c.1690 – post 1737) · ca. 1700

Public domainThe Met
Susanne

Susanne

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1880

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Poster for a performance by Henri Huerta, by Anonymous

Poster for a performance by Henri Huerta

Anonymous · 1871

Public domainThe Met
Les Losanges, by Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811

Les Losanges

Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811 · 1795–1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Décor Fleurs et Bois Rustiques., by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Décor Fleurs et Bois Rustiques.

Anonymous, French, 19th century · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Ecouen Facades Dans la Court

Ecouen Facades Dans la Court

Artist not stated in the record · 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ecce Homo, by Anonymous, French

Ecce Homo

Anonymous, French

Public domainThe Met
Office Hongrois

Office Hongrois

Artist not stated in the record · 1873

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Theatrical Divertissement at an Evening Party, by Anonymous, French

Theatrical Divertissement at an Evening Party

Anonymous, French · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
The Dispatch

The Dispatch

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Study of a Male Nude, by Anonymous, French

Study of a Male Nude

Anonymous, French · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
La Triple Y Vresse

La Triple Y Vresse

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1775-1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Powder flask

Powder flask

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1570

Public domainThe Met
Portrait

Portrait

Artist not stated in the record · 1867

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. 2898 matched · 24 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. 82731 matched · 40 examined · 22 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 2026-08-29 12:29 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.