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The Cupboard

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1778

52 cm × 39 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

Height: 39 cm
Width: 52 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: 39.1 x 52.3 cm (15 3/8 x 20 9/16 in.)
Credit: Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund

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

How big is it?: 52 cm × 39 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1778. 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: Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial 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.

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.