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Macbeth Consulting the Witches

Eugène Delacroix, 1825

Macbeth Consulting the Witches by Eugène Delacroix
Macbeth Consulting the Witches by Eugène Delacroix, 24 cm × 32 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

24 cm × 32 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

This work 32 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
32 cm
Width
24 cm
Medium
lithograph
Kind
Print
Made in
France, 19th century
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: 32.2 x 25.2 cm (12 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 25 cm × 32 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
24 cm × 32 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1825. 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 Print Club of Cleveland.
How was it made?
Lithograph, made in France, 19th century, France, 19th century.
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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