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Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man at the Golden Gate

Parmigianino and Antonio da Trento or Ugo da Carpi, after Raphael, c. 1527/1530

Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man at the Golden Gate by Parmigianino and Antonio da Trento or Ugo da Carpi, after Raphael
Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man at the Golden Gate by Parmigianino and Antonio da Trento or Ugo da Carpi, after Raphael, 40 cm × 27 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

40 cm × 27 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 4 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 27 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
27 cm
Width
40 cm
Medium
etching and chiaroscuro woodcut, printed in brown and black from two blocks and one plate on laid paper, laid down on an old mount
Kind
Print
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 Ann and Matthew Nimetz

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How big is it?
40 cm × 27 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1527/1530. 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 Ann and Matthew Nimetz.
How was it made?
Etching and chiaroscuro woodcut, printed in brown and black from two blocks and one plate on laid paper, laid down on an old mount.
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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