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 “Radel, German, active 1760 – 1770” — 49 records examined, 0 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 01:11 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 Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1760s

Public domainThe Met
Two Chair Designs, by Radel, German, active 1760 – 1770

Two Chair Designs

Radel, German, active 1760 – 1770 · 1849–66

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Writing table (part of a set), by Joseph Baumhauer

Writing table (part of a set)

Joseph Baumhauer · ca. 1770

Public domainThe Met
Two Sofa Designs, by Radel, German, active 1760 – 1770

Two Sofa Designs

Radel, German, active 1760 – 1770 · 1849–66

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature, Vol. I, by William Henry Pyne

The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature, Vol. I

William Henry Pyne · 1808–11

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Chaise Longue and a Sofa, by Radel, German, active 1760 – 1770

Design for a Chaise Longue and a Sofa

Radel, German, active 1760 – 1770 · 1849–66

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Prince of Whales or the Fisherman at Anchor, by George Cruikshank

The Prince of Whales or the Fisherman at Anchor

George Cruikshank · May 1, 1812

Public domainThe Met
Machines de Théatres (Theatrical Machinery), pl. XV, vol. 10 from Encyclopédie, ou, arts et des métiers (Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts), by Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

Machines de Théatres (Theatrical Machinery), pl. XV, vol. 10 from Encyclopédie, ou, arts et des métiers (Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts)

Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784 · 1772

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature, Vol. II, by William Henry Pyne

The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature, Vol. II

William Henry Pyne · 1808–11

Public domainThe Met
Album of Furniture Designs, by Sarazin, French, 1846 – 1880

Album of Furniture Designs

Sarazin, French, 1846 – 1880 · 1849–66

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Beaker, by Jean-Jacques Kirstein

Beaker

Jean-Jacques Kirstein · ca. 1770

Public domainThe Met
Frontispiece, by Christian Wink, German, 1738 - 1797

Frontispiece

Christian Wink, German, 1738 - 1797 · ca. 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
St. John the Evangelist, by Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory

St. John the Evangelist

Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1744

Public domainThe Met
PLAN DE BADENBOURG EXECUTE DANS LE JARDIN DE NYMPHENBOURG. MDCCLXXI, by Joseph Effner, German, 1687 – 1745

PLAN DE BADENBOURG EXECUTE DANS LE JARDIN DE NYMPHENBOURG. MDCCLXXI

Joseph Effner, German, 1687 – 1745 · ca. 1771

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Mourning Virgin, by Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory

The Mourning Virgin

Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1744

Public domainThe Met
Album of Architectural Prints, by François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777

Album of Architectural Prints

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Viola, by Robert Horne

Viola

Robert Horne · 1757

Public domainThe Met
A Bacchante

A Bacchante

Artist not stated in the record · 1760-1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of Louise Elisabeth Bourbon, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Quastalls

Portrait of Louise Elisabeth Bourbon, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Quastalls

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760-1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cup and Trembleuse Saucer, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Cup and Trembleuse Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · ca. 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ladies' Fashion: Hairdressing and Hats

Ladies' Fashion: Hairdressing and Hats

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1770-1780

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. 9 matched · 9 examined · 0 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. 363 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 01:11 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.