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Self-Portrait

Eugène Carrière, ca. 1893

Self-Portrait by Eugène Carrière
Self-Portrait by Eugène Carrière, 33 cm × 41 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

33 cm × 41 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 4 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 41 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
41 cm
Width
33 cm
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
16 1/4 x 12 7/8 in. (41.3 x 32.7 cm)
Credit
Purchase, Albert Otten Foundation Gift, 1979

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
33 cm × 41 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made ca. 1893. 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, Albert Otten Foundation Gift, 1979.
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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