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{
    "localId": "19937",
    "label": "Casket with Scenes from Romances",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/73.14"
}

{
    "id": "19937",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/73.14",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Casket with Scenes from Romances",
    "description": "This leather casket box, protected by strips of iron and closed with a large lock, was probably used to store documents, money, or other precious objects. It is decorated with courtship scenes and was originally painted and highlighted with gilding. The inscription of two Flemish family names -- AVRDT HVEVENEER @ DE PLOEIER (separated by a decorative) -- could indicate that it was owned by a couple.",
    "provenance": "Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "early 15th century (Late Medieval / Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/73.14",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Leather",
        "containers",
        "caskets",
        "boxes"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_73.14_Back_DD_T09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_73.14_Back_DD_T09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_73.14_Back_DD_T09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 9,
    "pageCount": 9,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 15.3,
            "height": 24.6,
            "depth": 13.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H with handle up: 6 x W: 9 11/16 x D with hinges: 5 1/4 in. (15.3 x 24.6 x 13.4 cm); H with handle down: 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm); H of box at ribs without handle: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)"
}

{
    "style": "Gothic",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] AVRDT HVEVENEER DE PLOEIER",
    "med": "leather over wood and iron, traces of paint and gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229",
        "6505"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "REN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_73.14_LftSide_DD_T09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "fee4c364bff8122e"
}