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Farmhouse on the Slope of a Hill

Fra Bartolommeo, c. 1508

Farmhouse on the Slope of a Hill by Fra Bartolommeo
Farmhouse on the Slope of a Hill by Fra Bartolommeo, 29 cm × 23 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

29 cm × 23 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 6 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 23 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
23 cm
Width
29 cm
Medium
pen and brown ink
Kind
Drawing
Made in
Italy, Florence
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: 22.3 x 29.4 cm (8 3/4 x 11 9/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 29 cm × 22 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit
Gift of the Hanna Fund, Purchase, Dudley P. Allen Fund, Delia E. Holden Fund and L. E. Holden Fund

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
29 cm × 23 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1508. 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 the Hanna Fund, Purchase, Dudley P. Allen Fund, Delia E. Holden Fund and L. E. Holden Fund.
How was it made?
Pen and brown ink, made in Italy, Florence, Italy, Florence.
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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