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Portrait of a Lady

Neroccio de' Landi, c. 1485

Portrait of a Lady by Neroccio de' Landi
Portrait of a Lady by Neroccio de' Landi, 35 cm × 47 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

35 cm × 47 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 4 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 47 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
47 cm
Width
35 cm
Medium
tempera on pine panel
Kind
Painting
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 31 cm × 47 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit
Widener Collection

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
35 cm × 47 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1485. 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: Widener Collection.
How was it made?
Tempera on pine panel.
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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