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Saint Francis Kneeling in Meditation

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), c. 1595–c. 1600

Saint Francis Kneeling in Meditation by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
Saint Francis Kneeling in Meditation by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), 74 cm × 92 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

74 cm × 92 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 92 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
92 cm
Width
74 cm
Medium
Oil on canvas
Kind
Painting
Made in
Greece
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
92 × 74 cm (36 3/16 × 24 1/8 in.)
Credit
Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund

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

How big is it?
74 cm × 92 cm. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1595–c. 1600. 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: Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund.
How was it made?
Oil on canvas, made in Greece, Mannerism.
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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