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Winter Scene

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, c. 1786

Winter Scene by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
Winter Scene by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, 36 cm × 34 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

36 cm × 34 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 34 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
34 cm
Width
36 cm
Medium
Oil on canvas
Kind
Painting
Made in
Spain
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
34.3 × 35.6 cm (13 1/2 × 14 in.)
Credit
Bequest of Verde C. Graff

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
36 cm × 34 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1786. 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: Bequest of Verde C. Graff.
How was it made?
Oil on canvas, made in Spain, 18th Century.
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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