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Landscape with Figures

Unknown artist, 1644–1911

73 cm × 1.52 m

Almost as tall as you are. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.52 m
Width: 73 cm
Medium: hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
Kind: Painting
Made in: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
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: 152.4 x 73.3 cm (60 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit: Gift of Charles L. Freer

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

How big is it?: 73 cm × 1.52 m. Almost as tall as you are. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1644–1911. 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: Gift of Charles L. Freer.
How was it made?: Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper, made in China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911).
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.