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{
    "localId": "30807",
    "label": "Triptych with Mary and Her Son, Archangels, Scenes from Life of Christ and Saints",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/36.6"
}

{
    "id": "30807",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/36.6",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Triptych with Mary and Her Son, Archangels, Scenes from Life of Christ and Saints",
    "description": "This triptych (three-paneled icon) is distinguished by its somber colors, linear patterns, and sense of quiet melancholy. The combination of white and black bands on the wings, which is rare in Ethiopian art, creates a bold pattern that serves as a background for Christ and the saints. The victorious, resurrected Christ, seen at the upper right, holds in his hand a processional cross.",
    "provenance": "Knopfelmacher Collection, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William Wright Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by purchase.",
    "date": "early 16th century (Solomonic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/36.6",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "triptychs",
        "panel paintings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_36.6_Opn_TR_T01II.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_36.6_Opn_TR_T01II.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_36.6_Opn_TR_T01II.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 26.7,
            "height": 20,
            "depth": 2.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Closed H: 10 1/2 x W: 7 7/8 x D: 1 1/16 in. (26.7 x 20 x 2.65 cm); Open H: 10 1/2 x W: 15 7/8 x D: 3/8 in. (26.7 x 40.4 x 1 cm); Center panel H: 10 1/2 x W: 7 13/16 in. (26.67 x 19.8 cm); Left panel H: 10 7/16 x W: 3 15/16 in. (26.5 x 10 cm); Right panel H: 10 1/2 x W: 3 7/8 in. (26.67 x 9.84 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Christian Highland Ethiopian",
    "med": "glue tempera on panel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6264"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ETH"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1958",
        "955"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_36.6_Opn_TR_T01II.jpg",
    "mediaId": "055302c016019019"
}