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. 21 shown for “François Godefroy” — 52 records examined, 21 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-29 16:23 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 Children of Pomona, by François Godefroy

The Children of Pomona

François Godefroy · 1778

Public domainThe Met
Fan leaf, by Antoine Denis Chaudet, 1763 – 1810

Fan leaf

Antoine Denis Chaudet, 1763 – 1810 · ca. 1797

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Disciples of Flora, by François Godefroy

The Disciples of Flora

François Godefroy · 1778

Public domainThe Met
Monsieur de Voltaire, by Godefroy Engelmann I, French, born Mulhouse, France 1788-died Mulhouse, France 1839

Monsieur de Voltaire

Godefroy Engelmann I, French, born Mulhouse, France 1788-died Mulhouse, France 1839 · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Fresh Morning, by François Godefroy

The Fresh Morning

François Godefroy · late 18th, early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Ulrich Zwingly, by Godefroy Engelmann I, French, born Mulhouse, France 1788-died Mulhouse, France 1839

Ulrich Zwingly

Godefroy Engelmann I, French, born Mulhouse, France 1788-died Mulhouse, France 1839 · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Rustic Orpheus, by François Godefroy

The Rustic Orpheus

François Godefroy · late 18th, early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Homonoia riparia Lour.

Homonoia riparia Lour.

Artist not stated in the record · 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sarratoga [sic] (The Surrender of General Burgoyne to General Horatio Gates, Battle of Saratoga, October 17, 1777), by François Godefroy

Sarratoga [sic] (The Surrender of General Burgoyne to General Horatio Gates, Battle of Saratoga, October 17, 1777)

François Godefroy · 1784?

Public domainThe Met
Glochidion thorelii Beille

Glochidion thorelii Beille

Artist not stated in the record · 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
François Gérard (1770–1837), later Baron Gérard, by baron Antoine Jean Gros

François Gérard (1770–1837), later Baron Gérard

baron Antoine Jean Gros · ca. 1790

Public domainThe Met
Chloris barbata Sw.

Chloris barbata Sw.

Artist not stated in the record · 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fan with Napoleon flanked by Peace and Victory, by Charles Percier

Fan with Napoleon flanked by Peace and Victory

Charles Percier · ca. 1797–99

Public domainThe Met
Sacciolepis indica (L.) Chase

Sacciolepis indica (L.) Chase

Artist not stated in the record · 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, by Nicolas Poussin

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun

Nicolas Poussin · 1658

Public domainThe Met
Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf

Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf

Artist not stated in the record · 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madame Jacques-Louis-Étienne Reizet (Colette-Désirée-Thérèse Godefroy, 1782–1850), by Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson

Madame Jacques-Louis-Étienne Reizet (Colette-Désirée-Thérèse Godefroy, 1782–1850)

Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson · 1823

Public domainThe Met
Dentella repens J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Dentella repens J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Artist not stated in the record · 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz

Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz

Artist not stated in the record · 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ischaemum aristatum L.

Ischaemum aristatum L.

Artist not stated in the record · 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Apluda mutica L.

Apluda mutica L.

Artist not stated in the record · 1875

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. 12 matched · 12 examined · 3 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.9 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 8113 matched · 40 examined · 18 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 2026-08-29 16:23 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.