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Woman at a Balcony

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1887–88

Woman at a Balcony by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Woman at a Balcony by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 42 cm × 50 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

42 cm × 50 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 50 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
50 cm
Width
42 cm
Medium
Oil 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
19 3/4 × 16 3/8 in. (50.2 × 41.6 cm)
Credit
Gift of Kenneth Jay Lane, 2015

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
42 cm × 50 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1887–88. 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: Gift of Kenneth Jay Lane, 2015.
How was it made?
Oil 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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