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Bouquet of Roses

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1879

Bouquet of Roses by Henri Fantin-Latour
Bouquet of Roses by Henri Fantin-Latour, 49 cm × 64 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

49 cm × 64 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 64 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
64 cm
Width
49 cm
Medium
lithograph (proof) on wove paper
Kind
Print
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit
Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

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

How big is it?
49 cm × 64 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1879. 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: Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection.
How was it made?
Lithograph (proof) on wove 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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One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Hangs well beside

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.