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Young Bull

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1496, erroneously inscribed in another hand 1508

Young Bull by Albrecht Dürer
Young Bull by Albrecht Dürer, 14 cm × 18 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

14 cm × 18 cm

About the size of your phone. You would need 10 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 18 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
18 cm
Width
14 cm
Medium
Pen and black ink on ivory laid paper
Kind
Drawing and Watercolor
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
17.5 × 14 cm (6 15/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
14 cm × 18 cm. About the size of your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1496, erroneously inscribed in another hand 1508. 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: Clarence Buckingham Collection.
How was it made?
Pen and black ink on ivory laid paper, made in Germany.
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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