ACTUAL SIZE

All works › The Cleveland Museum of Art

Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy

Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy by Vincent van Gogh
Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy by Vincent van Gogh, 46 cm × 62 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

46 cm × 62 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 62 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
62 cm
Width
46 cm
Medium
oil on fabric
Kind
Painting
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
Unframed: 61.6 x 45.7 cm (24 1/4 x 18 in.)
Credit
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
46 cm × 62 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1889. 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: Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr..
How was it made?
Oil on fabric, 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.

Stand next to it in the gallery Record at The Cleveland Museum of Art

Four works a week, shown at their real size

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Hangs well beside

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.