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Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael, ca. 1504

1.32 m × 1.72 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: 1.72 m
Width: 1.32 m
Medium: Oil 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: Main panel, overall 67 7/8 x 67 7/8 in. (172.4 x 172.4 cm), painted surface 66 3/4 x 66 1/2 in. (169.5 x 168.9 cm)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 1.72 m × 1.72 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916

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

How big is it?: 1.32 m × 1.72 m. Almost as tall as you are. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made ca. 1504. 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 J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916.
How was it made?: Oil 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.

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.