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Susanna and the Elders

Peter Paul Rubens

Susanna and the Elders by Peter Paul Rubens
Susanna and the Elders by Peter Paul Rubens, 65 cm × 46 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

65 cm × 46 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 3 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 46 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
46 cm
Width
65 cm
Medium
Oil 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
18 1/4 x 25 3/8 in. (46.4 x 64.5 cm)
Credit
Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1890

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
65 cm × 46 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1640. 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: Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1890.
How was it made?
Oil 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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