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The Pheasants from the "Verdures of the Vatican" Series

Jean-Démosthène Dugourc, c. 1799

45 cm × 2.42 m

It would not fit through your front door. Stood on end it is 1.4 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.42 m
Width: 45 cm
Medium: Silk, satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and brocading wefts; embroidered with silk in chain (tambour work) and satin stitches
Kind: Textile
Made in: Lyon
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: 242.5 × 44.5 cm (95 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 45 cm × 2.42 m. Turned to face the way the photograph does.
Credit: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland

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

How big is it?: 45 cm × 2.42 m. It would not fit through your front door. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1799. 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: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland.
How was it made?: Silk, satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and brocading wefts; embroidered with silk in chain (tambour work) and satin stitches, made in Lyon.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. 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.