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 “Hesse, Johann Friederich” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 15:44 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.
David Roentgen and Company in Saint Petersburg, by Johann Friedrich Anthing

David Roentgen and Company in Saint Petersburg

Johann Friedrich Anthing · ca. 1784–86

Public domainThe Met
Junggesellen - Leiden or Bachelor from Leiden, by Hesse, Johann Friederich

Junggesellen - Leiden or Bachelor from Leiden

Hesse, Johann Friederich · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of Johann Anton Koch, by Hieronymus Hess

Portrait of Johann Anton Koch

Hieronymus Hess · ca. 1823

Public domainThe Met
Ehestands - Freuden, by Hesse, Johann Friederich

Ehestands - Freuden

Hesse, Johann Friederich · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Harlequin, by Höchst Manufactory

Harlequin

Höchst Manufactory · ca. 1750–53

Public domainThe Met
Fraktur taufschein (Birth Certificate), by Johann Jacob Friedrich Krebs, German, active United States, ca. 1749 - 1815

Fraktur taufschein (Birth Certificate)

Johann Jacob Friedrich Krebs, German, active United States, ca. 1749 - 1815 · ca. 1804

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Johann Philip Bethmann, by Johann Heinrich Boltschauser

Johann Philip Bethmann

Johann Heinrich Boltschauser · 1793

Public domainThe Met
Design for Chinoiserie Flowers, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Design for Chinoiserie Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1765–73

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Folding spoon, by Johann Adam Boller

Folding spoon

Johann Adam Boller · early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for Chinoiserie Flowers, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Design for Chinoiserie Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1765–73

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
I) Repraesentation Der Furstlichen Aufzug und Ritterspil ..Fürst und Herr Johan Friederich Hertzog zu Württemberg und Teckh.. Neuwgebornen Sohn Friderich .. etc. Fürstlicher Kindtauffen .. 10 biss 17 Marty Anno 1616, by Esaias von Hulsen

I) Repraesentation Der Furstlichen Aufzug und Ritterspil ..Fürst und Herr Johan Friederich Hertzog zu Württemberg und Teckh.. Neuwgebornen Sohn Friderich .. etc. Fürstlicher Kindtauffen .. 10 biss 17 Marty Anno 1616

Esaias von Hulsen · ca. 1616

Public domainThe Met
Design for Chinoiserie Flowers, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Design for Chinoiserie Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1765–73

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Brighella on a pedestal, by Meissen Manufactory

Brighella on a pedestal

Meissen Manufactory · 1710–13

Public domainThe Met
Design for Chinoiserie Flowers, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Design for Chinoiserie Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1765–73

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Fencing Lesson, by Höchst Manufactory

The Fencing Lesson

Höchst Manufactory · ca. 1755

Public domainThe Met
Design for Chinoiserie Flowers, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Design for Chinoiserie Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1765–73

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dancer (one of a pair), by Höchst Manufactory

Dancer (one of a pair)

Höchst Manufactory · ca. 1758

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Title Page

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1765–73

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Johann (1498–1537), Duke of Saxony, by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Johann (1498–1537), Duke of Saxony

Lucas Cranach the Elder · ca. 1534–37

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Pendant Trophy, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Design for a Pendant Trophy

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1772–77

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cynthio, by Höchst Manufactory

Cynthio

Höchst Manufactory · ca. 1750–55

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Pendant Trophy, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Design for a Pendant Trophy

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1772–77

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Columbine, by Höchst Manufactory

Columbine

Höchst Manufactory · ca. 1750–53

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Pendant Trophy, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Design for a Pendant Trophy

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1772–77

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. 86 matched · 24 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. 8269 matched · 40 examined · 5 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 2026-09-01 15:44 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.