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 “Batteur d'or, Plate I” — 64 records examined, 12 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 22:00 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.
Rolltop desk, by David Roentgen

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1776–79

Public domainThe Met
Batteur d'or, Plate I

Batteur d'or, Plate I

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Batteur d'or, Plate II

Batteur d'or, Plate II

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Longcase astronomical regulator, by Ferdinand Berthoud

Longcase astronomical regulator

Ferdinand Berthoud · ca. 1768–70

Public domainThe Met
Girandolle à branche de porcelaine garnie d'or (Girandolle with Porcelain Branches Covered in Gold), plate 70, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier), by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750

Girandolle à branche de porcelaine garnie d'or (Girandolle with Porcelain Branches Covered in Gold), plate 70, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Commode, by André Charles Boulle

Commode

André Charles Boulle · ca. 1710–20

Public domainThe Met
Mantel clock (pendule de cheminée), by François Joseph Belanger

Mantel clock (pendule de cheminée)

François Joseph Belanger · ca. 1783

Public domainThe Met
Garde d'Epées d'or pour les presens du Marriage du Roy en 1725., troisième planche [Sword Handle in honor of the King's Marriage in 1725, third plate], pl. 51 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonier, by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750

Garde d'Epées d'or pour les presens du Marriage du Roy en 1725., troisième planche [Sword Handle in honor of the King's Marriage in 1725, third plate], pl. 51 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonier

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jewish Woman of Algiers, by Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier

Jewish Woman of Algiers

Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier · 1862

Public domainThe Met
Cyanotis arachnoidea C.B. Clarke

Cyanotis arachnoidea C.B. Clarke

Artist not stated in the record · 25 Jun 2002

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cabinet, by André Charles Boulle

Cabinet

André Charles Boulle · ca. 1700

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Maximilian I (1459-1519)

Portrait of Maximilian I (1459-1519)

Artist not stated in the record · 1700-1725

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase (vase gothique Fragonard) (one of a pair), by Alexandre Evariste Fragonard

Vase (vase gothique Fragonard) (one of a pair)

Alexandre Evariste Fragonard · manufactured 1832, decorated 1844

Public domainThe Met
Blechnum occidentale L.

Blechnum occidentale L.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 May 2008

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Traveling table (table de voyage or table pliante)

Traveling table (table de voyage or table pliante)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1700–1720

Public domainThe Met
Lindsaea lancea var. leprieurii (Hook.) K.U. Kramer

Lindsaea lancea var. leprieurii (Hook.) K.U. Kramer

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Jun 2008

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), by Sèvres Manufactory

Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1811

Public domainThe Met
Erinaceus europaeus

Erinaceus europaeus

Artist not stated in the record · 4 Jun 1919

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Monumental vase, by Pierre Philippe Thomire

Monumental vase

Pierre Philippe Thomire · lapidary work: early 19th century; pedestal and mounts: 1819

Public domainThe Met
Silaus virescens (Spreng.) Boiss.

Silaus virescens (Spreng.) Boiss.

Artist not stated in the record · 19 Aug 1896

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Medici vase with a scene of the park at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), by Sèvres Manufactory

Medici vase with a scene of the park at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1811

Public domainThe Met
Androsace maxima L.

Androsace maxima L.

Artist not stated in the record · 17 Apr 1896 to 22 May 1896

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. 596 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. 265929 matched · 40 examined · 12 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 2026-09-02 22:00 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.