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Portrait of a Woman

Egyptian 2nd Century, 2nd century

Portrait of a Woman by Egyptian 2nd Century
Portrait of a Woman by Egyptian 2nd Century, 12 cm × 35 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

12 cm × 35 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 35 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
35 cm
Width
12 cm
Medium
encaustic on wood
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 Lewis Einstein

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
12 cm × 35 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 2nd 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: Gift of Lewis Einstein.
How was it made?
Encaustic on wood.
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.