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The Poet's Garden

Vincent van Gogh, 1888

The Poet's Garden by Vincent van Gogh
The Poet's Garden by Vincent van Gogh, 92 cm × 73 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

92 cm × 73 cm

About the size of a cafe table. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 73 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
73 cm
Width
92 cm
Medium
Oil on canvas
Kind
Painting
Made in
Netherlands
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
73 × 92.1 cm (28 3/4 × 36 1/4 in.)
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection

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

How big is it?
92 cm × 73 cm. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1888. 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: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection.
How was it made?
Oil on canvas, made in Netherlands, 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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