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Unknown artist, ca. 1570–99

44 cm × 3.22 m

A storey and a half of a house. Stood on end it is 1.9 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 3.22 m
Width: 44 cm
Medium: Wool and linen, with highlights in silk, in tapestry weave
Kind: Textiles-Tapestries
Made in: Flemish
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: H. 126 3/4 x top border W. 17 5/16 x sides W. 16 9/16 in. (322 x 44 x 42 cm)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 44 cm × 3.22 m. Turned to face the way the photograph does.
Credit: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

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

How big is it?: 44 cm × 3.22 m. A storey and a half of a house. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made ca. 1570–99. 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: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975.
How was it made?: Wool and linen, with highlights in silk, in tapestry weave, made in Flemish, Flemish.
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.