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Berthe Morisot

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1892

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

8.2 cm × 12 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 15 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 12 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Medium: Etching on cream wove paper
Kind: Print
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: Image, including stray marks: 11.5 × 9.5 cm (4 9/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 9.5 cm × 12 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Albert Roullier Memorial Collection

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

How big is it?: 8.2 cm × 12 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1892. 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: Albert Roullier Memorial Collection.
How was it made?: Etching on cream wove paper, made in France.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.