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The Horse Fair

Rosa Bonheur, 1852–55

5.07 m × 2.59 m

Longer than a car. Stood on end it is 3.0 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.59 m
Width: 5.07 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: 96 1/4 x 199 1/2 in. (244.5 x 506.7 cm)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 5.07 m × 2.44 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1887

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

How big is it?: 5.07 m × 2.59 m. Longer than a car. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1852–55. 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: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1887.
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.

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.