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 “Charles X "Roi de France"” — 64 records examined, 17 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 15:42 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.
The Anointment of Charles X, by Raymond Gayrard

The Anointment of Charles X

Raymond Gayrard · 1825

Public domainThe Met
Charles X "Roi de France"

Charles X "Roi de France"

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1829

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Charles Sept.-e / Prince facile..., from "Game of the Kings of France" (Jeu des Rois de France), by Stefano della Bella

Charles Sept.-e / Prince facile..., from "Game of the Kings of France" (Jeu des Rois de France)

Stefano della Bella · 1644

Public domainThe Met
Charles Gustav X, by Frederik Bouttats, 1620 - 1720?

Charles Gustav X

Frederik Bouttats, 1620 - 1720? · n.d.a.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Charles neuf.-e / Bon Prince..., from "Game of the Kings of France" (Jeu des Rois de France), by Stefano della Bella

Charles neuf.-e / Bon Prince..., from "Game of the Kings of France" (Jeu des Rois de France)

Stefano della Bella · 1644

Public domainThe Met
Almanac for the Second Half of the Year 1792

Almanac for the Second Half of the Year 1792

Artist not stated in the record · 1791

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Charles Martel / Vaillant et sage..., from "Game of the Kings of France" (Jeu des Rois de France), by Stefano della Bella

Charles Martel / Vaillant et sage..., from "Game of the Kings of France" (Jeu des Rois de France)

Stefano della Bella · 1644

Public domainThe Met
An Art Lesson, by Unknown, French

An Art Lesson

Unknown, French · 1820s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Charles 4.e- dit le bel / Prince sage..., from "Game of the Kings of France" (Jeu des Rois de France), by Stefano della Bella

Charles 4.e- dit le bel / Prince sage..., from "Game of the Kings of France" (Jeu des Rois de France)

Stefano della Bella · 1644

Public domainThe Met
Almanac for the First Half of the Year 1778, with Portraits of the Royal French Family, by Louis-Joseph Mondhare, French, 1734–1799

Almanac for the First Half of the Year 1778, with Portraits of the Royal French Family

Louis-Joseph Mondhare, French, 1734–1799 · 1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Louis le debonnaire... Charles le Simple, from "Game of the Kings of France" (Jeu des Rois de France), by Stefano della Bella

Louis le debonnaire... Charles le Simple, from "Game of the Kings of France" (Jeu des Rois de France)

Stefano della Bella · 1644

Public domainThe Met
Folded letter from George Prescott to Charles Potter

Folded letter from George Prescott to Charles Potter

Artist not stated in the record · January 28, 1815

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Louis XI, roi de France, by Jean Morin

Louis XI, roi de France

Jean Morin

Public domainThe Met
Letter from James Imbrie to Charles Potter

Letter from James Imbrie to Charles Potter

Artist not stated in the record · 1814

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Henri IV, roi de France, by Jean Morin

Henri IV, roi de France

Jean Morin

Public domainThe Met
× Rhyncholaeliocattleya Olympus

× Rhyncholaeliocattleya Olympus

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Henri II, roi de France, by Jean Morin

Henri II, roi de France

Jean Morin

Public domainThe Met
$1.02 quadruple War of 1812 letter rate for 150-300 miles stampless cover

$1.02 quadruple War of 1812 letter rate for 150-300 miles stampless cover

Artist not stated in the record · March 25, 1815

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Louis XIII, Roi de France, by Jean Morin

Louis XIII, Roi de France

Jean Morin

Public domainThe Met
× Aliceara Marfitch

× Aliceara Marfitch

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59), by Jean Cousin the Elder

Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)

Jean Cousin the Elder · ca. 1555

Public domainThe Met
× Aliceara Marfitch

× Aliceara Marfitch

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rapport au roi sur la situation, au 31 mars, 1829, des canaux et autres ouvrages entrepris en vertu des lois des 20 juin et 5 aout 1821, by L'Imprimerie Royale

Rapport au roi sur la situation, au 31 mars, 1829, des canaux et autres ouvrages entrepris en vertu des lois des 20 juin et 5 aout 1821

L'Imprimerie Royale · 1829

Public domainThe Met
× Aliceara Clownish 'Cotton Candy'

× Aliceara Clownish 'Cotton Candy'

Artist not stated in the record

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. 8487 matched · 24 examined · 6 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. 746379 matched · 40 examined · 11 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 2026-09-01 15:42 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.