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The Head of a Young Man Looking Upwards to the Right

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, before 1752

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

15 cm × 22 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 8 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 22 cm
Width: 15 cm
Medium: red chalk (with stumping) over black chalk, heightened with white chalk
Kind: Drawing
Made in: Italy
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: 22.2 x 15.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.)
Credit: The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund

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

How big is it?: 15 cm × 22 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made before 1752. 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: The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund.
How was it made?: Red chalk (with stumping) over black chalk, heightened with white chalk, made in Italy, Italy.
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.