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Flora and Zephyr

Jacopo Amigoni, 1730s

Flora and Zephyr by Jacopo Amigoni
Flora and Zephyr by Jacopo Amigoni, 1.47 m × 2.13 m
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

1.47 m × 2.13 m

Taller than a doorway. Stood on end it is 1.3 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

This work 2.13 m Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
2.13 m
Width
1.47 m
Medium
Oil on canvas
Kind
Paintings
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
84 x 58 in. (213.4 x 147.3 cm)
Credit
Purchase, Rudolph and Lentilhon G. von Fluegge Foundation Inc. Gift, 1985

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
1.47 m × 2.13 m. Taller than a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1730s. It is in the public domain, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Purchase, Rudolph and Lentilhon G. von Fluegge Foundation Inc. Gift, 1985.
How was it made?
Oil on canvas.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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Hangs well beside

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.