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Flowers in a Blue Vase

Adolphe Monticelli, 1879–1883

Flowers in a Blue Vase by Adolphe Monticelli
Flowers in a Blue Vase by Adolphe Monticelli, 49 cm × 67 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

49 cm × 67 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 3 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 67 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
67 cm
Width
49 cm
Medium
Oil on wood
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
Overall, with added strip at right, 26 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. (67.3 x 48.9 cm)
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner E. Josten, 1956

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
49 cm × 67 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1879–1883. 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: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner E. Josten, 1956.
How was it made?
Oil on wood.
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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