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The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1761

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 20 cm × 28 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

20 cm × 28 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 6 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 28 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
28 cm
Width
20 cm
Medium
black chalk over a black chalk counterproof on laid paper with brown ink borderline
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
Gift of Donald Stone in honor of Louis and Matthieu de Bayser

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

How big is it?
20 cm × 28 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1761. 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: Gift of Donald Stone in honor of Louis and Matthieu de Bayser.
How was it made?
Black chalk over a black chalk counterproof on laid paper with brown ink borderline.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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