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The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea

Titian, 1514–15, printed 1549

55 cm × 31 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 3 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 31 cm
Width: 55 cm
Medium: woodcut
Kind: Print
Made in: Italy, Venice
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: 40 x 55 cm (15 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 55 cm × 40 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: John L. Severance Fund

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

How big is it?: 55 cm × 31 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1514–15, printed 1549. 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: John L. Severance Fund.
How was it made?: Woodcut, made in Italy, Venice, Italy, Venice.
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.