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Antoine Dominique Sauveur Aubert (born 1817), the Artist's Uncle

Paul Cézanne, 1866

Antoine Dominique Sauveur Aubert (born 1817), the Artist's Uncle by Paul Cézanne
Antoine Dominique Sauveur Aubert (born 1817), the Artist's Uncle by Paul Cézanne, 66 cm × 82 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

66 cm × 82 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 82 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
82 cm
Width
66 cm
Medium
Oil on canvas
Kind
Paintings
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
32 1/4 × 25 7/8 in. (81.9 × 65.7 cm)
Credit
Wolfe Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, Lillie P. Bliss Collection

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

How big is it?
66 cm × 82 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1866. It is in the public domain, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Wolfe Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, Lillie P. Bliss Collection.
How was it made?
Oil on canvas.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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