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 “Franz Cleyn” — 52 records examined, 20 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 20:19 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.
Border Designs for the Mortlake "Acts of the Apostles" Tapestries, by Franz Cleyn

Border Designs for the Mortlake "Acts of the Apostles" Tapestries

Franz Cleyn · ca. 1626–36

Public domainThe Met
Franz Sigel, by Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company, active 1856 - 1869

Franz Sigel

Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company, active 1856 - 1869 · c. 1862

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Sack of Troy: Pyrrhus Killing Priam, by Franz Cleyn

The Sack of Troy: Pyrrhus Killing Priam

Franz Cleyn · before 1654

Public domainThe Met
Franz Sigel, by Unidentified Artist

Franz Sigel

Unidentified Artist · c. 1861-62

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hearing (Auditus), from "Quinque Sensuum", by Franz Cleyn

Hearing (Auditus), from "Quinque Sensuum"

Franz Cleyn · ca. 1655

Public domainThe Met
Franz Sigel, by Henry Bruckner, 1800 - 1900?

Franz Sigel

Henry Bruckner, 1800 - 1900? · c. 1862

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sight (Visus), from "Quinque Sensuum", by Franz Cleyn

Sight (Visus), from "Quinque Sensuum"

Franz Cleyn · ca. 1655

Public domainThe Met
Franz Sigel, by Louis Prang Lithography Company, active 1856 - 1899

Franz Sigel

Louis Prang Lithography Company, active 1856 - 1899 · c. 1862

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smell (Odor), from "Quinque Sensuum", by Franz Cleyn

Smell (Odor), from "Quinque Sensuum"

Franz Cleyn · ca. 1655

Public domainThe Met
Franz Sigel, by Christian Inger, c. 1858 - ?

Franz Sigel

Christian Inger, c. 1858 - ? · 1861-64

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Title Plate, from "Quinque Sensuum", by Franz Cleyn

Title Plate, from "Quinque Sensuum"

Franz Cleyn · ca. 1655

Public domainThe Met
Franz Sigel, by Currier & Ives Lithography Company, active 1857 - 1907

Franz Sigel

Currier & Ives Lithography Company, active 1857 - 1907 · 1862

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Touch (Tactus), from "Quinque Sensuum", by Franz Cleyn

Touch (Tactus), from "Quinque Sensuum"

Franz Cleyn · ca. 1655

Public domainThe Met
Franz Sigel, by Feodor Fuchs, active 1856 - 1876

Franz Sigel

Feodor Fuchs, active 1856 - 1876 · c. 1862

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Taste (Gustus), from "Quinque Sensuum", by Franz Cleyn

Taste (Gustus), from "Quinque Sensuum"

Franz Cleyn · ca. 1655

Public domainThe Met
Franz Sigel, by Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company, active 1856 - 1869

Franz Sigel

Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company, active 1856 - 1869 · c. 1862-64

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Sack of Troy–Pyrrhus Killing Priam, by Pierre Lombart

The Sack of Troy–Pyrrhus Killing Priam

Pierre Lombart · before 1654

Public domainThe Met
Franz Sigel, by Charles DeForest Fredricks, 11 Dec 1823 - 25 May 1894

Franz Sigel

Charles DeForest Fredricks, 11 Dec 1823 - 25 May 1894 · c. 1862

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A scallop shell chariot, by William Carter

A scallop shell chariot

William Carter · 1654

Public domainThe Met
Franz Sigel

Franz Sigel

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697), by Wenceslaus Hollar

Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697)

Wenceslaus Hollar · 1654

Public domainThe Met
Franz Sigel

Franz Sigel

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro: Translated, Adorned with Sculpture, and illustrated with Annotations, by Virgil

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro: Translated, Adorned with Sculpture, and illustrated with Annotations

Virgil · 1654

Public domainThe Met
Valiant Men "Dat Fite Mit Sigel", by Adalbert John Volck, 14 Apr 1828 - 26 Mar 1912

Valiant Men "Dat Fite Mit Sigel"

Adalbert John Volck, 14 Apr 1828 - 26 Mar 1912 · 1864

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 · 0 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. 3602 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 2026-08-26 20:19 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.