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A Panel from a Porticoes Series

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1775/1800

A Panel from a Porticoes Series by Jean-Baptiste Oudry
A Panel from a Porticoes Series by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 2.18 m × 2.95 m
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

2.18 m × 2.95 m

It would not fit through your front door. Stood on end it is 1.7 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

This work 2.95 m Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
2.95 m
Width
2.18 m
Medium
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Kind
Textile
Made in
France
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
217.8 × 295.2 cm (85 3/4 × 116 1/4 in.)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 2.95 m × 2.18 m. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCormick Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cummings, Mr. and Mrs. John V. Farwell III, Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt, Mrs. Richard L. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks McCormick, Mrs. William F. Petersen, Mr. Solomon Byron Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Young in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus H. Adams

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
2.18 m × 2.95 m. It would not fit through your front door. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1775/1800. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCormick Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cummings, Mr. and Mrs. John V. Farwell III, Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt, Mrs. Richard L. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks McCormick, Mrs. William F. Petersen, Mr. Solomon Byron Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Young in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus H. Adams.
How was it made?
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave, made in France.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. 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.