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The Despair of Cephalus

Bernardino Luini, c. 1520/1522

1.14 m × 1.82 m

Almost as tall as a doorway. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.82 m
Width: 1.14 m
Medium: fresco
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 1.18 m × 1.82 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Samuel H. Kress Collection

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

How big is it?: 1.14 m × 1.82 m. Almost as tall as a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1520/1522. 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: Samuel H. Kress Collection.
How was it made?: Fresco.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at National Gallery of Art. 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.