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 “Jean Jacques Caffiéri” — 64 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 11:39 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.
Jean Jacques Caffiéri (1725–1792), by Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Jean Jacques Caffiéri (1725–1792)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze · ca. 1765

Public domainThe Met
Benjamin Franklin, by Unidentified Artist

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist · after 1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix, Comte du Muy and Marshal of France (1711–1775), by Jean Jacques Caffiéri

Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix, Comte du Muy and Marshal of France (1711–1775)

Jean Jacques Caffiéri · 1776

Public domainThe Met
Bust of Benjamin Franklin, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Bust of Benjamin Franklin

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · ca. 1790–1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Longcase astronomical regulator, by Ferdinand Berthoud

Longcase astronomical regulator

Ferdinand Berthoud · ca. 1768–70

Public domainThe Met
Panneaux et Frisses propre aux Sculpteurs et Peintres Inventez et dessignes par Caffiery Sculpteur, by Philippe, I Caffieri, French, 1634 – 1716

Panneaux et Frisses propre aux Sculpteurs et Peintres Inventez et dessignes par Caffiery Sculpteur

Philippe, I Caffieri, French, 1634 – 1716 · 1670–1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Untitled, by Jean Jacques Caffiéri

Untitled

Jean Jacques Caffiéri · 1815

Public domainThe Met
Album of Prints: Ornament Designs Invented by Jean Berain, by Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711

Album of Prints: Ornament Designs Invented by Jean Berain

Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711 · 1711

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel) with movement of later date, by Jacques Caffieri

Wall clock (cartel) with movement of later date

Jacques Caffieri · case ca. 1745–49; movement ca. 1756

Public domainThe Met
Cartoon for cotton printing: "Le Tombeau de Jean-Jacques Rousseau a Ermenonville."

Cartoon for cotton printing: "Le Tombeau de Jean-Jacques Rousseau a Ermenonville."

Artist not stated in the record · after 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jacques-Louis Leblanc (1774–1846), by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Jacques-Louis Leblanc (1774–1846)

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres · 1823

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite of barber Jean Jacques Desiré

Carte-de-visite of barber Jean Jacques Desiré

Artist not stated in the record · July 10, 1862

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madame de Wailly, née Adélaïde-Flore Belleville (1765–1838), by Augustin Pajou

Madame de Wailly, née Adélaïde-Flore Belleville (1765–1838)

Augustin Pajou · 1789

Public domainThe Met
Album of Prints from Various Series Published by Jean Mariette, by Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774

Album of Prints from Various Series Published by Jean Mariette

Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774 · 1686-1742

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
Jean Jacques Regis de Cambaceres, Duke of Parma, by Henry Wolf, born Eckwersheim, Alsace 1852-died New York City 1916

Jean Jacques Regis de Cambaceres, Duke of Parma

Henry Wolf, born Eckwersheim, Alsace 1852-died New York City 1916 · 1895

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Death of Socrates, by Jacques Louis David

The Death of Socrates

Jacques Louis David · 1787

Public domainThe Met
Album of Prints: New Vases Designed by Maurice Jacques, by Maurice Jacques, French, ca. 1712–1784

Album of Prints: New Vases Designed by Maurice Jacques

Maurice Jacques, French, ca. 1712–1784 · 1760-1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque, by James Tassie

Plaque

James Tassie · 1776–1883

Public domainThe Met
Frances Trollope and Family, by Childs & Inman Lithography Company, active c. 1831 - 1833

Frances Trollope and Family

Childs & Inman Lithography Company, active c. 1831 - 1833 · 1832

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Silver Tureen, by Jean Siméon Chardin

The Silver Tureen

Jean Siméon Chardin · ca. 1728–30

Public domainThe Met
Augustus Guibert, by William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845

Augustus Guibert

William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845 · c. 1803-04

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Charles-Louis de Secondat (1689–1755), baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, by Sèvres Manufactory

Charles-Louis de Secondat (1689–1755), baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu

Sèvres Manufactory · ca. 1784

Public domainThe Met
Album of Prints: Ornament Designs by Various Artists Including Briceau, Lefebvre, Laget, Durant, Badollet, and Vauquier, by Briceau, French, 16..–17..

Album of Prints: Ornament Designs by Various Artists Including Briceau, Lefebvre, Laget, Durant, Badollet, and Vauquier

Briceau, French, 16..–17.. · 1650-1734

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. 1817 matched · 24 examined · 5 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. 22777 matched · 40 examined · 6 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 2026-09-05 11:39 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.