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 “Etienne Pierre Rousselet” — 64 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 17:56 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.
Étui, by Etienne Pierre Rousselet

Étui

Etienne Pierre Rousselet · 1789–90

Public domainThe Met
Benjamin West, by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, 1785 - 1836

Benjamin West

Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, 1785 - 1836 · 1827

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Galerie Contemporaine, Littéraire, Artistique, v. 1 - 5, by Goupil et Cie

Galerie Contemporaine, Littéraire, Artistique, v. 1 - 5

Goupil et Cie · 1876–1881

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Etienne-Jean Bartillot

Portrait of Etienne-Jean Bartillot

Artist not stated in the record · 1678

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754–1838), Prince de Talleyrand, by Pierre Paul Prud'hon

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754–1838), Prince de Talleyrand

Pierre Paul Prud'hon · 1817

Public domainThe Met
Sagesse de Louis XVI, by Pierre Étienne Moitte, French, born Paris, France 1722-died Paris, France 1780

Sagesse de Louis XVI

Pierre Étienne Moitte, French, born Paris, France 1722-died Paris, France 1780 · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel), by Etienne LeNoir

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Musical Trophy Design, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Musical Trophy Design

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français Desinés D'Apres Nature, by G. F. R. Molé

Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français Desinés D'Apres Nature

G. F. R. Molé · 1778 [to 1787]

Public domainThe Met
Trophy Design, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Trophy Design

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vases Nouveaux Composées par M. Jacque[s], by Maurice Jacques

Vases Nouveaux Composées par M. Jacque[s]

Maurice Jacques · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Hunting Trophy Design, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Hunting Trophy Design

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

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
Trophy Design, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Trophy Design

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Arrie, by Gilles Rousselet

Arrie

Gilles Rousselet · 1647

Public domainThe Met
Vase Design with Flowers, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Vase Design with Flowers

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Déborah, by Gilles Rousselet

Déborah

Gilles Rousselet · 1647

Public domainThe Met
Musical Trophy Design, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Musical Trophy Design

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sibylle Samienne, by Gilles Rousselet

Sibylle Samienne

Gilles Rousselet · ca. 1635

Public domainThe Met
Trophy Design, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Trophy Design

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Set of four three-light sconces (bras de lumière), by Etienne-Jean Forestier

Set of four three-light sconces (bras de lumière)

Etienne-Jean Forestier · 1788

Public domainThe Met
Trophy Design, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Trophy Design

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Zenobia, from Pierre Le Moyne's "La Gallerie des femmes fortes", by Abraham Bosse

Zenobia, from Pierre Le Moyne's "La Gallerie des femmes fortes"

Abraham Bosse · ca. 1647

Public domainThe Met
Fishing Trophy Design, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Fishing Trophy Design

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

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. 259 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. 14461 matched · 40 examined · 2 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 17:56 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.