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Bishop Alvise Grimani

Bernardo Strozzi, 1633 or after

Bishop Alvise Grimani by Bernardo Strozzi
Bishop Alvise Grimani by Bernardo Strozzi, 95 cm × 1.47 m
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

95 cm × 1.47 m

Almost as tall as you are. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

This work 1.47 m Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
1.47 m
Width
95 cm
Medium
oil on canvas
Kind
Painting
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection

Ask this work

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

How big is it?
95 cm × 1.47 m. Almost as tall as you are. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1633 or after. 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: Samuel H. Kress Collection.
How was it made?
Oil on canvas.
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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Hangs well beside

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.