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Life Study (Study of an Egyptian Girl)

John Singer Sargent, 1891

61 cm × 1.91 m

Almost as tall as a doorway. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.91 m
Width: 61 cm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Kind: Painting
Made in: Egypt
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: 190.5 × 61 cm (75 × 24 in.)
Credit: Anonymous loan

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

How big is it?: 61 cm × 1.91 m. Almost as tall as a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1891. 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: Anonymous loan.
How was it made?: Oil on canvas, made in Egypt, Realism.
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.