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    "label": "Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French",
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    "title": "Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French",
    "date": "c. 1806",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Framed: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.); Unframed: 3.9 x 2.8 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)",
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    "tec": "watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal and enamel frame with silver backing",
    "tombstone": "Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French, c. 1806. Daniel Saint (French, 1778–1847). Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal and enamel frame with silver backing; framed: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.); unframed: 3.9 x 2.8 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1940.1218",
    "collection": "Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960",
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        {
            "inscription": "signed right:  Saint."
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        {
            "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; <em>The Edward B. Greene Collection.</em> 1951.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 37, cat. 77, p. 11; Reproduced: plate XXXVIII",
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