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Reverie

Camille Corot, 1857 or later

37 cm × 50 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 3 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 50 cm
Width: 37 cm
Medium: Oil on wood
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: 19 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. (49.8 x 36.5 cm)
Credit: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

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

How big is it?: 37 cm × 50 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1857 or later. 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: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929.
How was it made?: Oil on wood.
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.