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Landscape: Window Overlooking the Woods

Édouard Vuillard, 1899

3.79 m × 2.49 m

A storey and a half of a house. Stood on end it is 2.2 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.49 m
Width: 3.79 m
Medium: Oil on canvas
Kind: Painting
Made in: France
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: 249.2 × 378.5 cm (96 1/8 × 149 in.)
Credit: L.L. and A.S. Coburn Fund, Martha E. Leverone, Charles Norton Owen funds, and purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 3.79 m × 2.49 m. A storey and a half of a house. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1899. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: L.L. and A.S. Coburn Fund, Martha E. Leverone, Charles Norton Owen funds, and purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor.
How was it made?: Oil on canvas, made in France, Post-Impressionism.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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