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Crouching Woman

Eugène Delacroix, 1827

Crouching Woman by Eugène Delacroix
Crouching Woman by Eugène Delacroix, 31 cm × 25 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

31 cm × 25 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 5 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
31 cm
Medium
Black and red chalk, with pastel, heightened with white chalk, over wash, on tan wove paper
Kind
Drawing and Watercolor
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
24.6 × 31.4 cm (9 11/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
Credit
Through prior bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

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

How big is it?
31 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 1827. 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: Through prior bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection.
How was it made?
Black and red chalk, with pastel, heightened with white chalk, over wash, on tan wove paper, made in France, romantic.
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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