ACTUAL SIZE

All works › The Cleveland Museum of Art

Fairy of the Alps

Henri Fantin-Latour, c. 1885

Fairy of the Alps by Henri Fantin-Latour
Fairy of the Alps by Henri Fantin-Latour, 47 cm × 63 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

47 cm × 63 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 63 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
63 cm
Width
47 cm
Medium
charcoal with white chalk and black chalk, with framing lines in black crayon and squaring marks in graphite, on laid paper discolored to tan
Kind
Drawing
Made in
France
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: 62.5 x 46.7 cm (24 5/8 x 18 3/8 in.)
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
47 cm × 63 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1885. 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. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund.
How was it made?
Charcoal with white chalk and black chalk, with framing lines in black crayon and squaring marks in graphite, on laid paper discolored to tan, made in France, France.
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.