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The Fountain at Grottaferrata

Adrian Ludwig (Ludwig) Richter, 1832

100 cm × 1.13 m

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: 1.13 m
Width: 100 cm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Kind: Painting
Made in: Germany
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: 113 × 99.5 cm (44 3/8 × 39 in.)
Credit: Through prior gift of Mrs. Henry C. Woods; through prior gift of Dellora A. Norris; Lacy Armour Fund; through prior gift of Henry Morgen, Ann G. Morgen, Meyer Wasser and Ruth G. Wasser; Louise and Frank Woods Purchase Fund in honor of Mrs. Edward Harris Brewer

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

How big is it?: 100 cm × 1.13 m. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1832. 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: Through prior gift of Mrs. Henry C. Woods; through prior gift of Dellora A. Norris; Lacy Armour Fund; through prior gift of Henry Morgen, Ann G. Morgen, Meyer Wasser and Ruth G. Wasser; Louise and Frank Woods Purchase Fund in honor of Mrs. Edward Harris Brewer.
How was it made?: Oil on canvas, made in Germany, nineteenth 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.