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Imaginary River Landscape

Herman Saftleven, 1670

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

23 cm × 17 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 7 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 17 cm
Width: 23 cm
Medium: oil on panel
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: The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund

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

How big is it?: 23 cm × 17 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1670. 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: The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund.
How was it made?: Oil on panel.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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.