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"Gondola" with Bacchus and Ceres

Fontainebleau or Avon Pottery, Follower of Bernard Palissy, possibly after a model by Claude Berthélemy, late 16th/early 17th century

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

13 cm × 7.0 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 13 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 7.0 cm
Width: 13 cm
Medium: lead-glazed earthenware
Kind: Decorative Art
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit: Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection, 1926)

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

How big is it?: 13 cm × 7.0 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made late 16th/early 17th century. 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: Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection, 1926).
How was it made?: Lead-glazed earthenware.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

The gallery's walk hangs a selection. This work can hang in a room of its own, with five works that hang well beside it, at their real size.

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.