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    "localId": "20633",
    "label": "Diptych Leaf with the Crucifixion, and the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket",
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    "title": "Diptych Leaf with the Crucifixion, and the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket",
    "description": "In the Crucifixion scene above, the Virgin is pierced by a sword emerging from the side of Christ. This is a German motif, based on the Gospel of Luke, that refers to her sufferings. Below, St. Thomas Becket (d. 1170), archbishop of Canterbury, is murdered by a group of knights as he kneels before the altar.",
    "provenance": "Octave Homberg, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 11-16, 1908, no. 486; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1350-1375 (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.250",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 11.6,
            "height": 7.2,
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    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 9/16 x W: 2 13/16 x D: 5/16 in. (11.6 x 7.2 x 0.8 cm)"
}

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