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{
    "localId": "17517",
    "label": "Virgin and Child",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.235"
}

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    "id": "17517",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.235",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Virgin and Child",
    "description": "This crisply carved devotional statue was once completed by a throne and a gold crown for the Virgin. She rests her feet on a small dragon, symbolizing conquered evil, while the Christ Child raises his right hand in a gesture of blessing.",
    "provenance": "Henri Daguerre, Paris; Hector Economos, Paris, before 1913; Jacques Seligmann, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1225-1250 (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.235",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "figurines",
        "ivories"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.235_Lft_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.235_Lft_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.235_Lft_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 9,
    "pageCount": 9,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 22.6,
            "height": 9,
            "depth": 6.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 8 7/8 x W: 3 1/2 x D: 2 1/2 in. (22.6 x 9 x 6.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "French",
    "style": "Gothic",
    "med": "ivory with traces of paint",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3581"
    ]
}

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    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_71.235_3QtrRt_DD_AT18-030255-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "816f49d39437bd4d"
}