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Triptych

Unknown artist, Late 17th century

67 cm × 74 cm

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

Against things you know the size of

Height: 74 cm
Width: 67 cm
Medium: Tempera on linen, mounted on wood and bound with cord
Kind: Painting
Made in: Ethiopia
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: 67 × 74 cm (26 3/8 × 29 1/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 74 cm × 67 cm. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit: Director's Fund

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

How big is it?: 67 cm × 74 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made Late 17th century. 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: Director's Fund.
How was it made?: Tempera on linen, mounted on wood and bound with cord, made in Ethiopia, gondar.
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.