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    "localId": "109340",
    "label": "Story of Perseus and Andromeda",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "109340",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Story of Perseus and Andromeda",
    "description": "The Greek mythological story of Perseus and Andromeda is represented here as a quest for a maiden, read from right to left in three sections. At the upper right, Andromeda has been chained to a rock by her parents, at the lower right, as a sacrifice to a dragon sent by Poseidon, god of the sea. In the center on a millefleur (floral) ground, Perseus on horseback kills the dreaded dragon. Within the castle at the left, Perseus kneels before an altar, and at the far left, he marries Andromeda.",
    "date": "early 1500s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.487",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80001628"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Tapestry"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.487/1927.487_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.487/1927.487_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.487/1927.487_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 320.5 x 446.8 cm (126 3/16 x 175 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Netherlands, early 16th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1927.487"
}

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    "tec": "tapestry weave: wool and silk",
    "tombstone": "Story of Perseus and Andromeda, early 1500s. Netherlands, early 16th century. Tapestry weave: wool and silk; overall: 320.5 x 446.8 cm (126 3/16 x 175 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1927.487",
    "collection": "Textiles",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Milliken, William M. \"\"Perseus and Andromeda,\" a Gothic Tapestry in the John Huntington Collection.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 14, no. 3 (March 1927): 34–40.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: 34–40",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137007"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Siple, Ella S. \"A Late Gothic Tapestry at Cleveland.\" <em>The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs</em> 51, no. 293 (August 1927): 99–100.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 99–100",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/863270"
        },
        {
            "citation": "\"A Gothic Tapestry.\" <em>The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs</em> 51, no. 294 (September 1927): 149–150.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 149–150",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/863434"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 24-25",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n28"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Gibson, Katharine. <em>The Goldsmith of Florence; A Book of Great Craftsmen.</em> New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 3"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 186",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n44"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 72",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n96"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 72",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n96"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 82",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n102"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.487",
    "creditline": "Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:50:31.450000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.487/1927.487_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 109340,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "Textiles",
    "med": "tapestry weave: wool and silk",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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