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Frontispiece

Jacques Callot, 1621

Frontispiece by Jacques Callot
Frontispiece by Jacques Callot, 10 cm × 8.2 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

10 cm × 8.2 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 17 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 8.2 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
8.2 cm
Width
10 cm
Medium
etching
Kind
Print
Made in
France
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: 7.9 x 10.2 cm (3 1/8 x 4 in.)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 10 cm × 7.9 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit
John L. Severance Fund

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
10 cm × 8.2 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1621. 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: John L. Severance Fund.
How was it made?
Etching, made in France, France.
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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