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The Fall of Phaeton

Joseph Heintz the Elder, c. 1591

62 cm × 50 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

Height: 50 cm
Width: 62 cm
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown and red washes over black chalk, heightened with white and indented for transfer
Kind: Drawing
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit: New Century Fund

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

How big is it?: 62 cm × 50 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1591. It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: New Century Fund.
How was it made?: Pen and brown ink with brown and red washes over black chalk, heightened with white and indented for transfer.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

This work is in the reference only. The gallery hangs a selection of the collection at real size.

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