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An Idyll

Jean Louis Forain, fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

28 cm × 44 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 4 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 44 cm
Width: 28 cm
Medium: black crayon
Kind: Drawing
Made in: France, late 19th-early 20th Century
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: Sheet: 43.6 x 27.9 cm (17 3/16 x 11 in.)
Credit: Gift of Ralph King

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

How big is it?: 28 cm × 44 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s. 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 Ralph King.
How was it made?: Black crayon, made in France, late 19th-early 20th Century, France, late 19th-early 20th Century.
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.