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Icon of the Virgin and Child

Unknown artist, 500s CE

1.1 m × 1.79 m

Almost as tall as a doorway. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.79 m
Width: 1.1 m
Medium: wool and dye
Kind: Textile
Made in: Egypt, Byzantine period
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: Overall: 178.7 x 110.5 cm (70 3/8 x 43 1/2 in.)
Credit: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund

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

How big is it?: 1.1 m × 1.79 m. Almost as tall as a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 500s CE. 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: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund.
How was it made?: Wool and dye, made in Egypt, Byzantine period, Egypt, Byzantine period.
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.