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. 22 shown for “Two bronze helmets” — 64 records examined, 26 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 10:25 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.
Commode à vantaux, by David Roentgen

Commode à vantaux

David Roentgen · ca. 1775–79 with later alterations

Public domainThe Met
Epitaphe de marbre et bronze de Mr. le Baron de Bezenval (Epitaph in Marble and Bronze for Baron de Bezenval), plate 100, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier), by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750

Epitaphe de marbre et bronze de Mr. le Baron de Bezenval (Epitaph in Marble and Bronze for Baron de Bezenval), plate 100, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750 · 1748

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rolltop desk, by David Roentgen

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1776–79

Public domainThe Met
Furniture mount

Furniture mount

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two bronze helmets

Two bronze helmets

Artist not stated in the record · late 7th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Military Trophy and Two Helmets, by D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647

Design for a Military Trophy and Two Helmets

D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647 · 1648

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Military Trophy and Two Helmets, by D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647

Design for a Military Trophy and Two Helmets

D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647 · 1648

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mantel clock with musical movement, by Jean-Baptiste-André Furet

Mantel clock with musical movement

Jean-Baptiste-André Furet · ca. 1784

Public domainThe Met
Helmet

Helmet

Artist not stated in the record · 206 BCE-220 CE

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Costume Armor and Sword in the Classical Style, by Hallé

Costume Armor and Sword in the Classical Style

Hallé · ca. 1788–90

Public domainThe Met
Ohio State Buckeyes football helmet worn by Archie Griffin

Ohio State Buckeyes football helmet worn by Archie Griffin

Artist not stated in the record · 1972-1975

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Small desk with folding top (bureau brisé), by Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt

Small desk with folding top (bureau brisé)

Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt · ca. 1685

Public domainThe Met
Design for Two Ornamental Helmets, by Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731

Design for Two Ornamental Helmets

Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731 · 1716-19

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Helmet Frontpiece, “Secretary Hose 3”, by unknown

Helmet Frontpiece, “Secretary Hose 3”

unknown · unknown

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oval table, by David Roentgen

Oval table

David Roentgen · ca. 1774–80

Public domainThe Met
Design for Pendant with Woman in Helmet

Design for Pendant with Woman in Helmet

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for Cartouche with Putti Supporting Helmet, by François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

Design for Cartouche with Putti Supporting Helmet

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768 · 1738–45

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1773

Public domainThe Met
Helmet Frontpiece, “1st Assistant Engineer PFD JHMcI”, by Wilson, William H.

Helmet Frontpiece, “1st Assistant Engineer PFD JHMcI”

Wilson, William H. · ca 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (pendule en cartel), by Jean Godde l'aîné

Wall clock (pendule en cartel)

Jean Godde l'aîné · ca. 1740–45

Public domainThe Met
Sketch of Helmet and Men at Eton, by Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

Sketch of Helmet and Men at Eton

Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925 · ca. 1883

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. 2201 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. 60769 matched · 40 examined · 26 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 2026-08-27 10:25 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.