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Etruscan Vase with Flowers

Odilon Redon, 1900–1910

Etruscan Vase with Flowers by Odilon Redon
Etruscan Vase with Flowers by Odilon Redon, 59 cm × 81 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

59 cm × 81 cm

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

Against things you know the size of

This work 81 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
81 cm
Width
59 cm
Medium
Tempera 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
32 x 23 1/4 in. (81.3 x 59.1 cm)
Credit
Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, Lillie P. Bliss Collection

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

How big is it?
59 cm × 81 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1900–1910. 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: Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, Lillie P. Bliss Collection.
How was it made?
Tempera 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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