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Saint Louis of Toulouse Holding a Book

Giovanni Bellini, early 1460s

Saint Louis of Toulouse Holding a Book by Giovanni Bellini
Saint Louis of Toulouse Holding a Book by Giovanni Bellini, 5.0 cm × 9.8 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

5.0 cm × 9.8 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 17 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 9.8 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
9.8 cm
Width
5.0 cm
Medium
pen and ink over stylus on laid paper
Kind
Drawing
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit
William B. O'Neal Fund

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

How big is it?
5.0 cm × 9.8 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made early 1460s. It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: William B. O'Neal Fund.
How was it made?
Pen and ink over stylus on laid paper.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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