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 II” — 64 records examined, 17 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.
Longcase astronomical regulator, by Ferdinand Berthoud

Longcase astronomical regulator

Ferdinand Berthoud · ca. 1768–70

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
Clock with pedestal, by André Charles Boulle

Clock with pedestal

André Charles Boulle · ca. 1690

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
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
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 Bernard II van Risenburgh

Commode

Bernard II van Risenburgh · ca. 1740–45

Public domainThe Met
Side table (commode en console), by Bernard II van Risenburgh

Side table (commode en console)

Bernard II van Risenburgh · ca. 1755–60

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Charles II of Spain (1661-1700)

Portrait of Charles II of Spain (1661-1700)

Artist not stated in the record · 1665-1670

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh

Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 5th century CE

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
The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, by Edgar Degas

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

Edgar Degas · ca. 1874

Public domainThe Met
Erinaceus europaeus

Erinaceus europaeus

Artist not stated in the record · 4 Jun 1919

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

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

Sèvres Manufactory · manufactured 1832, decorated 1844

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
Ramesseum, Thebes (201. Thèbes. 1844. 202 Rhamséion.), by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

Ramesseum, Thebes (201. Thèbes. 1844. 202 Rhamséion.)

Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey · 1844

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
Venus and Cupid, by Lorenzo Lotto

Venus and Cupid

Lorenzo Lotto · 1520s

Public domainThe Met
Dianthus superbus L.

Dianthus superbus L.

Artist not stated in the record · 1 Sep 1852

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mars and Venus United by Love, by Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari)

Mars and Venus United by Love

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) · 1570s

Public domainThe Met
Thlaspi montanum L.

Thlaspi montanum L.

Artist not stated in the record · 4 Apr 1894 to 27 Apr 1894

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Square-Headed Bow Brooch

Square-Headed Bow Brooch

Artist not stated in the record · 500–600

Public domainThe Met
Cyperus michelianus (L.) Delile

Cyperus michelianus (L.) Delile

Artist not stated in the record · Sep 1861

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. 434 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 132402 matched · 40 examined · 15 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.