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Knight, Death, and the Devil

Albrecht Dürer, 1513

Knight, Death, and the Devil by Albrecht Dürer
Knight, Death, and the Devil by Albrecht Dürer, 19 cm × 24 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

19 cm × 24 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 7 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 24 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
24 cm
Width
19 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
Sheet: 24.4 x 19 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit
Elisabeth Severance Prentiss and Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Collections by exchange

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

How big is it?
19 cm × 24 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1513. 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: Elisabeth Severance Prentiss and Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Collections by exchange.
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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