Klaus Graf wrote:
There are opinions on Commons that Moeller's statement in this list ("[W]e've consistently held that faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works which are nothing more than reproductions should be considered public domain for licensing purposes") has been "overruled" by Mike Godwin's statement (which was adressed on a Wikisource case)
There are some existing guidelines at this page: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag
The short answer is that it depends on the country. Bridgeman-like rules hold in the United States, Germany, Poland, Japan, and Switzerland, among other countries, but do not hold in all countries.
-Mark