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Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer, 1504

Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer
Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer, 19 cm × 25 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

19 cm × 25 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 7 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 25 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
25 cm
Width
19 cm
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Kind
Print
Made in
Germany
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: 25 × 19.3 cm (9 7/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
19 cm × 25 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1504. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Clarence Buckingham Collection.
How was it made?
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, made in Germany.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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