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Wounded Eurydice

Camille Corot, 1868–70

Wounded Eurydice by Camille Corot
Wounded Eurydice by Camille Corot, 39 cm × 56 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

39 cm × 56 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 56 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
56 cm
Width
39 cm
Medium
Oil on canvas
Kind
Painting
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
55.9 × 41.3 cm (22 × 16 1/4 in.)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 41 cm × 56 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit
Henry Field Memorial Collection

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
39 cm × 56 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1868–70. 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: Henry Field Memorial Collection.
How was it made?
Oil on canvas, made in France, 19th century.
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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