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 “Firm of Louis Duchène et Fils” — 64 records examined, 21 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 15:47 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.
Watch, by Firm of Louis Duchène et Fils

Watch

Firm of Louis Duchène et Fils · ca. 1815–30

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
Table clock with calendar, by Lucien Falize

Table clock with calendar

Lucien Falize · 1881

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
Watch, by Firm of Sandoz, Ami, et Fils

Watch

Firm of Sandoz, Ami, et Fils · 1840–55

Public domainThe Met
Wallpaper Invoice for the firm of Arthur et Robert, by Arthur & Robert

Wallpaper Invoice for the firm of Arthur et Robert

Arthur & Robert · 1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Watch, by Firm of Alliez, Bachelard et Terond Fils

Watch

Firm of Alliez, Bachelard et Terond Fils · ca. 1830

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
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
Ornamental Vase Design, by François Voisin, French, active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
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
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
The Four Seasons, by B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836

The Four Seasons

B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836 · 1818–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reduction et Frappe de Medailles, by Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier

Reduction et Frappe de Medailles

Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier · ca. 1900–1910

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
Pocket watch, by Firm of Breguet et Fils

Pocket watch

Firm of Breguet et Fils · ca. 1900

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
Vase with scenes of storm on land, by Dihl et Guérhard

Vase with scenes of storm on land

Dihl et Guérhard · ca. 1797–98

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
Vase with scenes of storm at sea, by Dihl et Guérhard

Vase with scenes of storm at sea

Dihl et Guérhard · ca. 1797–98

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
Watch, by Firm of D. Bachelard et Fils

Watch

Firm of D. Bachelard et Fils · mid-19th century

Public domainThe Met
Élévation Géometralle d’une Décoration pour un feu d’artifice qui devait être exécuté de reliéf a Nimphembourg, dedié a S.A.S.E. de Baviere par son tres humble tres obeissant et tres Respectueux Serviteur et sujet, F. de Cuvillies fils, by François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777

Élévation Géometralle d’une Décoration pour un feu d’artifice qui devait être exécuté de reliéf a Nimphembourg, dedié a S.A.S.E. de Baviere par son tres humble tres obeissant et tres Respectueux Serviteur et sujet, F. de Cuvillies fils

François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777 · 1770

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. 186 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 2952548 matched · 40 examined · 20 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 15:47 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.