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Cow in a Barn

Camille Corot

Cow in a Barn by Camille Corot
Cow in a Barn by Camille Corot, 27 cm × 21 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

27 cm × 21 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 6 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 21 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
21 cm
Width
27 cm
Medium
Oil on paper, laid down 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
8 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. (20.7 x 27.3 cm)
Credit
The Whitney Collection, Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
27 cm × 21 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1855. 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 Whitney Collection, Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003.
How was it made?
Oil on paper, laid down 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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