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Madonna Nursing the Christ Child

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1670–72

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

15 cm × 21 cm

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

Against things you know the size of

Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm
Medium: pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over red and black chalk, with traces of white; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Kind: Drawing
Made in: Spain
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: 21.4 x 15.4 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
Credit: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection

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

How big is it?: 15 cm × 21 cm. About the size of your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1670–72. 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: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection.
How was it made?: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over red and black chalk, with traces of white; framing lines in pen and brown ink, made in Spain, Spain.
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.