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An Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio

Giovanni Bellini, after 1506

An Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio by Giovanni Bellini
An Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio by Giovanni Bellini, 3.56 m × 75 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

3.56 m × 75 cm

A storey and a half of a house. Stood on end it is 2.1 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

This work 75 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
75 cm
Width
3.56 m
Medium
oil on canvas
Kind
Painting
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
3.56 m × 75 cm. A storey and a half of a house. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made after 1506. 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?
Oil on canvas.
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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Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.