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Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol (born about 1599, died 1671 or later)

Rembrandt van Rijn

Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol (born about 1599, died 1671 or later) by Rembrandt van Rijn
Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol (born about 1599, died 1671 or later) by Rembrandt van Rijn, 29 cm × 37 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

29 cm × 37 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 37 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
37 cm
Width
29 cm
Medium
Oil on oak
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
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (36.5 x 28.9 cm)
Credit
Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
29 cm × 37 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1669. 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: Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950.
How was it made?
Oil on oak.
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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