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After the Bullfight

Mary Cassatt, 1873

After the Bullfight by Mary Cassatt
After the Bullfight by Mary Cassatt, 87 cm × 1.1 m
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

87 cm × 1.1 m

About the size of a cafe table. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 1.1 m Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
1.1 m
Width
87 cm
Medium
Oil on canvas
Kind
Painting
Made in
Seville
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
110.5 × 93.4 cm (43 1/2 × 36 3/4 in.)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 93 cm × 1.1 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Sterling Morton

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
87 cm × 1.1 m. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1873. 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: Bequest of Mrs. Sterling Morton.
How was it made?
Oil on canvas, made in Seville, Impressionism.
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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Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.