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Illuminated Initial "N" with Acanthus Leaves from a Choirbook

Unknown artist, 18th or 19th century

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

6.6 cm × 9.3 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 18 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 9.3 cm
Width: 6.6 cm
Medium: Manuscript cutting in tempera, gold leaf and gold paint on vellum
Kind: Drawing and Watercolor
Made in: Europe
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: 9.3 × 6.6 cm (3 11/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Credit: Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson

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

How big is it?: 6.6 cm × 9.3 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 18th or 19th century. 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: Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson.
How was it made?: Manuscript cutting in tempera, gold leaf and gold paint on vellum, made in Europe, medieval.
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.