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Large Leaf Verdure with Animals and Birds

Unknown artist, 1525-1550

5.99 m × 3.36 m

Longer than a car. Stood on end it is 3.5 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 3.36 m
Width: 5.99 m
Medium: Wool; slit, single dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 4 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 1.0–1.5 mm Weft: Count: varies from 15 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.3 mm
Kind: Textile
Made in: Belgium
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: 599.2 × 336.4 cm (235 7/8 × 132 3/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 3.36 m × 5.99 m. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit: Gift of the Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago through the Jessie Landon Fund

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

How big is it?: 5.99 m × 3.36 m. Longer than a car. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1525-1550. 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 the Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago through the Jessie Landon Fund.
How was it made?: Wool; slit, single dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 4 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 1.0–1.5 mm Weft: Count: varies from 15 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.3 mm, made in Belgium, 16th Century.
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.