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Geese in a Farmyard

Jean-François Millet, c. 1871

Geese in a Farmyard by Jean-François Millet
Geese in a Farmyard by Jean-François Millet, 26 cm × 20 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

26 cm × 20 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 20 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
20 cm
Width
26 cm
Medium
Black crayon, on ivory wove paper (discolored to tan), laid down on white laid 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
19.9 × 26 cm (7 7/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit
The Art Institute of Chicago

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

How big is it?
26 cm × 20 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1871. 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: The Art Institute of Chicago.
How was it made?
Black crayon, on ivory wove paper (discolored to tan), laid down on white laid paper, made in France.
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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