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The Promenade

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1497

The Promenade by Albrecht Dürer
The Promenade by Albrecht Dürer, 12 cm × 19 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

12 cm × 19 cm

About the size of your phone. You would need 9 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 19 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
19 cm
Width
12 cm
Medium
engraving
Kind
Print
Made in
Germany
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
Image: 19.4 x 12 cm (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit
John L. Severance Fund

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
12 cm × 19 cm. About the size of your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1497. 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?
Engraving, made in Germany, Germany.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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