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Saint Bernard and Saint Catherine of Alexandria with the Virgin of the Annunciation [right panel]

Agnolo Gaddi, shortly before 1387

87 cm × 1.95 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: 1.95 m
Width: 87 cm
Medium: tempera on poplar 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 80 cm × 1.95 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Andrew W. Mellon Collection

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

How big is it?: 87 cm × 1.95 m. Almost as tall as a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made shortly before 1387. 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: Andrew W. Mellon Collection.
How was it made?: Tempera on poplar panel.
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.