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    "localId": "22867",
    "label": "The Betrothal of Raphael and the Niece of Cardinal Bibbiena",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.13"
}

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    "id": "22867",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.13",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "The Betrothal of Raphael and the Niece of Cardinal Bibbiena",
    "description": "Although he trained in the studio of the celebrated Neoclassical history painter Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), Ingres defies easy classification. This intimate painting reflects Ingres's Romantic fascination with the lives of artists of the past whom he admired-in this case, Raphael.In this scene, Cardinal Bibbiena presents his niece as a bride for Raphael, a demonstration of the extraordinary esteem the cardinal felt for the handsome young artist. Ingres was careful to use historical sources in his imaginative depiction of this pivotal moment. Raphael's features are based on a portrait of a young man that was once thought to be a self-portrait (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.); Bibbiena's likeness is based on a portrait by Raphael (Pitti Palace, Florence); and the cardinal's niece was inspired by Sebastiano del Piombo's image of a woman once identified as Raphael's mistress, called \"La Fornarina\" (also in the Pitti Palace).",
    "provenance": "Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, 1813, by commission; Duke of Salerno [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Prince of Salerno Sale, Naples, April 19, 1852, no. 118; Collection Giuseppe Tibaldi, Naples [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Ch. Blanc Sale, Paris, March 13-15, 1882, no. 33; Collection L. Tabourier [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mrs. S. D. Warren, Boston [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mrs. S. D. Warren Sale, American Art Association, New York, January 8-9, 1903, no. 52; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1813-14",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.13",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "oil paintings (visual works)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.13_Fnt_TR_C82.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.13_Fnt_TR_C82.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 59.1,
            "height": 46.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 23 1/4 x W: 18 5/16 in. (59.1 x 46.5 cm); Framed H: 36 3/4 x W: 31 1/2 x D: 5 in. (93.3 x 80 x 12.7 cm); Framed H with build-up: 36 3/4 x W: 31 5/8 x D: 5 3/4 in. (93.35 x 80.33 x 14.61 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature] Lower left: INGRES; [Label] On stretcher: DURAND-RUEL/Paris 16 rue Laffite/New York 315 Fifth Avenue/Ingres No. 834/Le Cardinal Bibiena presentant sa niece à Raphael; [Sticker] 66; stencil on canvas lining: American Art Association/Mrs. S.D. Warren Sale/January 8th",
        "1903; [Label] On stretcher",
        "inscribed in ink: Mrs. S.D. Warren",
        "67 Mt. Vernon St./Boston"
    ],
    "med": "oil on paper mounted on canvas",
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    ],
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        "EAN"
    ],
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        "2427",
        "2297",
        "2926",
        "2950",
        "3106",
        "2259",
        "3118"
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}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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