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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 “Fils de Louis XI” — 64 records examined, 23 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 17:53 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 Death of Socrates, by Jacques Louis David

The Death of Socrates

Jacques Louis David · 1787

Public domainThe Met
Fils de Louis XI

Fils de Louis XI

Artist not stated in the record · 1872

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836), by Jacques Louis David

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836)

Jacques Louis David · 1788

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
Figures françoises et comiques nouvellement inventées par M. Watteau; Figures de modes dessinées et gravées à l'eau forte par Watteau; a terminées au buin par Thomassin le fils, by Antoine Watteau

Figures françoises et comiques nouvellement inventées par M. Watteau; Figures de modes dessinées et gravées à l'eau forte par Watteau; a terminées au buin par Thomassin le fils

Antoine Watteau · 1710?–?1720

Public domainThe Met
La fils du fernier, from La vie de château, by Lami-Denozan Libraire, French, active 19th c.

La fils du fernier, from La vie de château

Lami-Denozan Libraire, French, active 19th c. · 1832

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Horse Fair, by Rosa Bonheur

The Horse Fair

Rosa Bonheur · 1852–55

Public domainThe Met
Plan Coupe et Elévations d’une Melonnière éxécutée des chez Mr. J.B. Paulée à Douay, dépt. Du Nord, d’après les Déssins de Mr. Belanger fils, by Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

Plan Coupe et Elévations d’une Melonnière éxécutée des chez Mr. J.B. Paulée à Douay, dépt. Du Nord, d’après les Déssins de Mr. Belanger fils

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833 · 1812

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tomb of Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell

Tomb of Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300–1350

Public domainThe Met
NEUVIEME LIVRE D’ORNEMENS Propre pour la Menuiserie Inventé par Mondon Fils, by Jean Mondon, French, fl. 1736 – 1745

NEUVIEME LIVRE D’ORNEMENS Propre pour la Menuiserie Inventé par Mondon Fils

Jean Mondon, French, fl. 1736 – 1745 · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670), by Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)

Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670)

Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) · 1650

Public domainThe Met
Design for Four Walls of a Salon

Design for Four Walls of a Salon

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780–90

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Table clock with calendar, by Lucien Falize

Table clock with calendar

Lucien Falize · 1881

Public domainThe Met
Oeuvres de François de Cuvilliés, fils, Ecole d'architecture Bavaroise, Suite 1-20; 4th Recueil (of François de Cuvilliés, pere et fils; Vue Perspectives; Recueil de Ponts Anciene et Moderne; Nouveau Recuil de Ponts Modern, by François de Cuvilliés, fils

Oeuvres de François de Cuvilliés, fils, Ecole d'architecture Bavaroise, Suite 1-20; 4th Recueil (of François de Cuvilliés, pere et fils; Vue Perspectives; Recueil de Ponts Anciene et Moderne; Nouveau Recuil de Ponts Modern

François de Cuvilliés, fils · 1768–73

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France, by Jean Pucelle

The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France

Jean Pucelle · ca. 1324–28

Public domainThe Met
Album of Prints: New Book of Vases by Voisin Fils, by François Voisin, French, active 18th century

Album of Prints: New Book of Vases by Voisin Fils

François Voisin, French, active 18th century · 1786-1789

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog, by Jean Honoré Fragonard

Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog

Jean Honoré Fragonard · ca. 1769

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Print with Twenty Theatrical Costumes Worn in Paris Performances, by Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866

Design for a Print with Twenty Theatrical Costumes Worn in Paris Performances

Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866 · ca. 1845

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), by Georges Seurat

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)

Georges Seurat · 1887–88

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777

Title Page

François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777 · 1745

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jardin zoologique de Bruxelles; Les trois jumeaux fils de Mr. Lebens et toute la famille, by Louis-Pierre-Théophile Dubois de Nehaut

Jardin zoologique de Bruxelles; Les trois jumeaux fils de Mr. Lebens et toute la famille

Louis-Pierre-Théophile Dubois de Nehaut · 1854–56

Public domainThe Met
Architecture Propre A Differens Usages (Architecture for Different Uses), plate from Oeuvres de François de Cuvilliés, fils, by François de Cuvilliés, fils

Architecture Propre A Differens Usages (Architecture for Different Uses), plate from Oeuvres de François de Cuvilliés, fils

François de Cuvilliés, fils · 1768–73

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Study for a Vase in a Suite of Vase Designs, by Louis Joseph Le Lorrain

Study for a Vase in a Suite of Vase Designs

Louis Joseph Le Lorrain

Public domainThe Met
Selaginella imbricata (Forsk. fil.) Spring ex Decne.

Selaginella imbricata (Forsk. fil.) Spring ex Decne.

Artist not stated in the record · 24 Feb 1892

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. 181 matched · 24 examined · 4 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. 648276 matched · 40 examined · 19 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 17:53 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.