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Forest Interior with a Painter, Civita Castellana

André Giroux, 1825/1830

44 cm × 29 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 4 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 29 cm
Width: 44 cm
Medium: oil on paper
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 Mrs. John Jay Ide in memory of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Donner

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

How big is it?: 44 cm × 29 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1825/1830. 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 Mrs. John Jay Ide in memory of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Donner.
How was it made?: Oil on paper.
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.