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Divine couple seated in a lotus blossom

Unknown artist, early 1800s

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

9.7 cm × 13 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 13 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 13 cm
Width: 9.7 cm
Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper
Kind: Painting
Made in: Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Kangra
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: 13.3 x 9 cm (5 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 9.0 cm × 13 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry

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

How big is it?: 9.7 cm × 13 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made early 1800s. 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: Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry.
How was it made?: Gum tempera and gold on paper, made in Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Kangra, Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Kangra.
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.