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Pinning the Hat

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1898

Pinning the Hat by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pinning the Hat by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 50 cm × 62 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

50 cm × 62 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 3 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 62 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
62 cm
Width
50 cm
Medium
color 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: 61.5 x 49.5 cm (24 3/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection

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

How big is it?
50 cm × 62 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1898. 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: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection.
How was it made?
Color 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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