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The Proposal

William Adolphe Bouguereau, 1872

1.12 m × 1.64 m

Almost as tall as you are. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.64 m
Width: 1.12 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: 64 3/8 x 44 in. (163.5 x 111.8 cm)
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Elliot L. Kamen, in memory of her father, Bernard R. Armour, 1960

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

How big is it?: 1.12 m × 1.64 m. Almost as tall as you are. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1872. 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 Mrs. Elliot L. Kamen, in memory of her father, Bernard R. Armour, 1960.
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.