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Grotesque Head of an Old Woman

Leonardo da Vinci, 1489/1490

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

5.5 cm × 6.4 cm

Smaller than a credit card. You would need 27 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 6.4 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper; laid down
Kind: Drawing
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 5.1 cm × 6.4 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Dian Woodner

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

How big is it?: 5.5 cm × 6.4 cm. Smaller than a credit card. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1489/1490. 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 Dian Woodner.
How was it made?: Pen and brown ink on laid paper; laid down.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

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