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Cathedrale de Chartres, Côté Occidental, Porte Latérale de Droite, XIIe Siècle (Chartres Cathedral, West Side, Right Side Door, XII Century)

Charles Nègre, c. 1857

Cathedrale de Chartres, Côté Occidental, Porte Latérale de Droite, XIIe Siècle (Chartres Cathedral, West Side, Right Side Door, XII Century) by Charles Nègre
Cathedrale de Chartres, Côté Occidental, Porte Latérale de Droite, XIIe Siècle (Chartres Cathedral, West Side, Right Side Door, XII Century) by Charles Nègre, 45 cm × 60 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

45 cm × 60 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 3 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 60 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
60 cm
Width
45 cm
Medium
photogravure
Kind
Photograph
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit
Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

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

How big is it?
45 cm × 60 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1857. 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: Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro.
How was it made?
Photogravure.
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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