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The Angels Appearing to Abraham

Francesco Guardi, 1750s

76 cm × 57 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 57 cm
Width: 76 cm
Medium: oil on canvas
Kind: Painting
Made in: Italy
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: Unframed: 56.5 x 75.5 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

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

How big is it?: 76 cm × 57 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1750s. 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: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund.
How was it made?: Oil on canvas, made in Italy, Italy.
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.