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The Fourth King of Hell

Unknown artist, late 1300s

59 cm × 1.36 m

Almost as tall as you are. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.36 m
Width: 59 cm
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold ink on silk
Kind: Painting
Made in: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
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: 136.2 x 58.9 cm (53 5/8 x 23 3/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 59 cm × 1.36 m. Turned to face the way the photograph does.
Credit: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund and museum purchase from various donors by exchange and Partial Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, M.D.

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

How big is it?: 59 cm × 1.36 m. Almost as tall as you are. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made late 1300s. 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 and museum purchase from various donors by exchange and Partial Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, M.D..
How was it made?: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold ink on silk, made in Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392).
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.