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Possibly Franciska Krasinska, Duchess of Courland

Angelica Kauffmann, c. 1790

Possibly Franciska Krasinska, Duchess of Courland by Angelica Kauffmann
Possibly Franciska Krasinska, Duchess of Courland by Angelica Kauffmann, 50 cm × 63 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

50 cm × 63 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 63 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
63 cm
Width
50 cm
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
Gift of Miss Alice Preston

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
50 cm × 63 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1790. 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 Miss Alice Preston.
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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Hangs well beside

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