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The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia), ca. 1449

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families by Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia)
The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families by Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia), 93 cm × 93 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

93 cm × 93 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 93 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
93 cm
Width
93 cm
Medium
Tempera, silver, and gold 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
Overall, with engaged frame, diameter 36 1/2 in. (92.7 cm)
Credit
Purchase in memory of Sir John Pope-Hennessy: Rogers Fund, The Annenberg Foundation, Drue Heinz Foundation, Annette de la Renta, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richardson, and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gifts, Wrightsman and Gwynne Andrews Funds, special funds, and Gift of the children of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Logan, and other gifts and bequests, by exchange, 1995

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

How big is it?
93 cm × 93 cm. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made ca. 1449. 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 in memory of Sir John Pope-Hennessy: Rogers Fund, The Annenberg Foundation, Drue Heinz Foundation, Annette de la Renta, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richardson, and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gifts, Wrightsman and Gwynne Andrews Funds, special funds, and Gift of the children of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Logan, and other gifts and bequests, by exchange, 1995.
How was it made?
Tempera, silver, and gold 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.

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