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Antonio Mancini, c. 1887

1 m × 59 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

Height: 59 cm
Width: 1 m
Medium: Oil on canvas
Kind: Painting
Made in: Italy
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: 60.9 × 100 cm (23 5/8 × 39 3/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 1 m × 61 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Charles Deering McCormick, Brooks McCormick, and Roger McCormick

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

How big is it?: 1 m × 59 cm. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1887. 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: Gift of Charles Deering McCormick, Brooks McCormick, and Roger McCormick.
How was it made?: Oil on canvas, made in Italy, Impressionism.
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.