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The Streetwalker

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, ca. 1890–91

The Streetwalker by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Streetwalker by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 56 cm × 65 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

56 cm × 65 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 65 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
65 cm
Width
56 cm
Medium
Oil on cardboard
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
25 1/2 x 21 in. (64.8 x 53.3 cm)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 53 cm × 65 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
56 cm × 65 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made ca. 1890–91. 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: The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002.
How was it made?
Oil on cardboard.
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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