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Venus and Cupid

François Boucher, second or third quarter 18th century

33 cm × 21 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 21 cm
Width: 33 cm
Medium: Black chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper; framing lines in brown ink
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: Sheet: 20.8 x 32.6 cm (8 3/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit: Gift of Richard Owen

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

How big is it?: 33 cm × 21 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made second or third quarter 18th century. 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 Richard Owen.
How was it made?: Black chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper; framing lines in brown ink, 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.