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At the Milliner's

Edgar Degas, 1882

At the Milliner's by Edgar Degas
At the Milliner's by Edgar Degas, 86 cm × 76 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

86 cm × 76 cm

About the size of a cafe table. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 76 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
76 cm
Width
86 cm
Medium
Pastel on pale gray wove paper (industrial wrapping paper), laid down on silk bolting
Kind
Drawings
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
30 x 34 in. (76.2 x 86.4 cm)
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
86 cm × 76 cm. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1882. 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?
Pastel on pale gray wove paper (industrial wrapping paper), laid down on silk bolting.
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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