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Madame Jean-Baptiste Isabey (Jeanne Laurice de Salienne, died 1829)

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, ca. 1796–1800

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

8.6 cm × 8.6 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 20 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 8.6 cm
Width: 8.6 cm
Medium: Ivory
Kind: Miniatures
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: Diameter 3 3/8 in. (86 mm)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 8.6 cm × 8.6 cm. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit: The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932

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

How big is it?: 8.6 cm × 8.6 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made ca. 1796–1800. 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: The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932.
How was it made?: Ivory.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Metropolitan Museum 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.