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Three Figures with a Dog

Jean-Michel the Younger Moreau, probably 1800s

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

9.1 cm × 14 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 12 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 14 cm
Width: 9.1 cm
Medium: Pen and black ink with brown and gray washes and traces of white gouache (brim of standing man’s hat)
Kind: Drawing
Made in: France
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: 14 x 9.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 9.9 cm × 14 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Bequest of Muriel Butkin

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

How big is it?: 9.1 cm × 14 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made probably 1800s. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Bequest of Muriel Butkin.
How was it made?: Pen and black ink with brown and gray washes and traces of white gouache (brim of standing man’s hat), made in France, France.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland 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.