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Christ in Limbo with Three Righteous Kings

Greek or eastern European 18th Century, probably 18th century

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

4.0 cm × 4.4 cm

Smaller than a credit card. You would need 39 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 4.4 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Medium: nielloed silver
Kind: Sculpture
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

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

How big is it?: 4.0 cm × 4.4 cm. Smaller than a credit card. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made probably 18th 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: Samuel H. Kress Collection.
How was it made?: Nielloed silver.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

The gallery's walk hangs a selection. This work can hang in a room of its own, with five works that hang well beside it, at their real size.

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.