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, 17th century” — 64 records examined, 3 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 16:06 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.
Studies of Armor, by Anonymous, French, 17th century

Studies of Armor

Anonymous, French, 17th century · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sacrificial Procession, by Anonymous, French, 17th century

Sacrificial Procession

Anonymous, French, 17th century · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Album of Architectural Prints, by Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703

Album of Architectural Prints

Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703 · late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel of Ornament, by Anonymous, French, 17th century

Panel of Ornament

Anonymous, French, 17th century · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Title Page and Goldsmith’s Designs for Boxes and Bottles, by Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century

Title Page and Goldsmith’s Designs for Boxes and Bottles

Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
River Scene, by Anonymous, French, 17th century

River Scene

Anonymous, French, 17th century · 17th century

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
Coast Scene, by Anonymous, French, 17th century

Coast Scene

Anonymous, French, 17th century · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornements à graver sur les Boette a poudre et autres ouvrages d’orfeverie, by Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century

Ornements à graver sur les Boette a poudre et autres ouvrages d’orfeverie

Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Harbor, by Anonymous, French, 17th century

A Harbor

Anonymous, French, 17th century · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Designs for use on Teapots and Bowls, by Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century

Ornament Designs for use on Teapots and Bowls

Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Landscape, by Anonymous, French, 17th century

Landscape

Anonymous, French, 17th century · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Designs for use on Sugar and Oil Containers, by Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century

Ornament Designs for use on Sugar and Oil Containers

Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Head of a Woman, by Anonymous, French, 17th century

Head of a Woman

Anonymous, French, 17th century · second half 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Designs for use on Cups and Saucers, by Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century

Ornament Designs for use on Cups and Saucers

Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Landscape with Two Figures, by Anonymous, French, 17th century

Landscape with Two Figures

Anonymous, French, 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Title Page and Goldsmith’s Designs for Boxes and Bottles, by Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century

Title Page and Goldsmith’s Designs for Boxes and Bottles

Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for a Candelabrum with the Monogram of Louis XIV, by Anonymous, French, 17th century

Design for a Candelabrum with the Monogram of Louis XIV

Anonymous, French, 17th century · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Designs for use on Teapots and Bowls, by Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century

Ornament Designs for use on Teapots and Bowls

Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Son of Moses Circumcised, by Anonymous, French, 17th century

The Son of Moses Circumcised

Anonymous, French, 17th century · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Designs for use on Porringer’s (Shallow Bowls), Lids, and Handles, by Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century

Ornament Designs for use on Porringer’s (Shallow Bowls), Lids, and Handles

Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for Altar Tabernacle, by Anonymous, French, 17th century

Design for Altar Tabernacle

Anonymous, French, 17th century · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Concert de Famille

Concert de Famille

Artist not stated in the record · 1881

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. 7184 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. 117661 matched · 40 examined · 3 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 2026-08-26 16:06 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.