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 “Vision of Saint Germain of Paris” — 64 records examined, 3 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-07 08:05 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.
Vision of Saint Germain of Paris

Vision of Saint Germain of Paris

Artist not stated in the record · 1245–47

Public domainThe Met
Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris, by Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943

Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris

Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943 · ca. 1887

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Woman Dispensing Poison from the Legend of Saint Germain of Paris

Woman Dispensing Poison from the Legend of Saint Germain of Paris

Artist not stated in the record · 1245–47

Public domainThe Met
Chaires de l'église de Saint-Germain et Saint-Paul (Album of Pulpits from the Saint-Germain and Saint-Paul Church)

Chaires de l'église de Saint-Germain et Saint-Paul (Album of Pulpits from the Saint-Germain and Saint-Paul Church)

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Table clock with calendar, by Lucien Falize

Table clock with calendar

Lucien Falize · 1881

Public domainThe Met
Vue du Chateau de St. Germain en Laye (View of Saint Germain-en-Laye Palace), by Chez Daumont, active 18th century

Vue du Chateau de St. Germain en Laye (View of Saint Germain-en-Laye Palace)

Chez Daumont, active 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Paris, by Antonio Canova

Paris

Antonio Canova · ca. 1822–23, original marble version completed November 1812

Public domainThe Met
LE CHÂTEAU NEUF DE ST GERMAIN EN LAYE, by Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703

LE CHÂTEAU NEUF DE ST GERMAIN EN LAYE

Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703 · 1658–1703

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ugolino and His Sons, by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Ugolino and His Sons

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux · 1865–67

Public domainThe Met
CHAPELLE DE SAINTE MARGUERITE., by Jacques Bourlet, French, 1663–1740

CHAPELLE DE SAINTE MARGUERITE.

Jacques Bourlet, French, 1663–1740 · 1705-1742

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coffeepot, by François Thomas Germain

Coffeepot

François Thomas Germain · 1757

Public domainThe Met
Veuë du Chateau neuf de St. Germain en Laye, by Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703

Veuë du Chateau neuf de St. Germain en Laye

Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703 · 1660–1703

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated Chinese, by Saint-Cloud factory

Seated Chinese

Saint-Cloud factory · ca. 1730–40

Public domainThe Met
St. GERMAIN EN LAYE, by Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703

St. GERMAIN EN LAYE

Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703 · late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ewer

Ewer

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550

Public domainThe Met
St. GERMAIN EN LAYE, by Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703

St. GERMAIN EN LAYE

Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703 · 1669–1703

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Vision of Saint John, by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

The Vision of Saint John

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) · ca. 1608–14

Public domainThe Met
Le Louvre Colonnade, Facing Saint Germain, Plate 39 of Vues Pittoresques de Principaux édifices de Paris, by Les Campion Frères, Paris, France

Le Louvre Colonnade, Facing Saint Germain, Plate 39 of Vues Pittoresques de Principaux édifices de Paris

Les Campion Frères, Paris, France · 1792

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scenes from the Legend of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics

Scenes from the Legend of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1245–47

Public domainThe Met
PLAN ET ELÉVA.ON DU BALDAQUIN DE L'AB.E ST. GERMAIN DES PREZ, by Pierre Roguié, French, ca. 1713– after 1753

PLAN ET ELÉVA.ON DU BALDAQUIN DE L'AB.E ST. GERMAIN DES PREZ

Pierre Roguié, French, ca. 1713– after 1753 · mid- 18th century

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

Longcase astronomical regulator

Ferdinand Berthoud · ca. 1768–70

Public domainThe Met
Album of Prints: Premier Essai de Papilloneries Humaines and Mes petits bouquets dédiés à Madame La Duchesse de Chevreuse by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786

Album of Prints: Premier Essai de Papilloneries Humaines and Mes petits bouquets dédiés à Madame La Duchesse de Chevreuse by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin

Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786 · 1740-1768

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Burghers of Calais, by Auguste Rodin

The Burghers of Calais

Auguste Rodin · modeled 1884–95, cast 1985

Public domainThe Met
Chaire de L’Eglise de Saint Germain de L’Auxerrois, by Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716

Chaire de L’Eglise de Saint Germain de L’Auxerrois

Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716 · 1657–1716

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. 6419 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 2891828 matched · 40 examined · 1 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 2026-09-07 08:05 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.