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Souvenir of Tuscany

Camille Corot, c. 1845

Souvenir of Tuscany by Camille Corot
Souvenir of Tuscany by Camille Corot, 18 cm × 12 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

18 cm × 12 cm

About the size of your phone. You would need 9 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 12 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
12 cm
Width
18 cm
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Kind
Print
Made in
France
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
Image: 12.2 × 17.9 cm (4 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit
Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

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

How big is it?
18 cm × 12 cm. About the size of your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1845. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection.
How was it made?
Etching on ivory laid paper, made in France.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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