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Madonna and Child

Duccio di Buoninsegna, ca. 1290–1300

21 cm × 28 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

Height: 28 cm
Width: 21 cm
Medium: Tempera and gold 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: Overall, with engaged frame, 11 x 8 1/4 in. (27.9 x 21 cm)
Credit: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Walter and Leonore Annenberg and The Annenberg Foundation Gift, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Annette de la Renta Gift, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, Louis V. Bell, and Dodge Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, Elaine L. Rosenberg and Stephenson Family Foundation Gifts, 2003 Benefit Fund, and other gifts and funds from various donors, 2004

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

How big is it?: 21 cm × 28 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made ca. 1290–1300. 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: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Walter and Leonore Annenberg and The Annenberg Foundation Gift, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Annette de la Renta Gift, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, Louis V. Bell, and Dodge Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, Elaine L. Rosenberg and Stephenson Family Foundation Gifts, 2003 Benefit Fund, and other gifts and funds from various donors, 2004.
How was it made?: Tempera and gold 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.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.