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Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1636

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

14 cm × 16 cm

About the size of your phone. You would need 10 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 16 cm
Width: 14 cm
Medium: etching
Kind: Print
Made in: Netherlands
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: Sheet: 16.4 x 14.4 cm (6 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

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

How big is it?: 14 cm × 16 cm. About the size of your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1636. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland.
How was it made?: Etching, made in Netherlands, Netherlands.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland 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.