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    "localId": "2633",
    "label": "Plaque with a Battle of Naked Men over the Abduction of a Woman",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.316"
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    "id": "2633",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.316",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Plaque with a Battle of Naked Men over the Abduction of a Woman",
    "description": "Carved in low relief, this plaque was probably made to decorate a small casket. It is based on an engraving by Barthel Beham (1502–40) entitled by the artist RAPTUS / HELENAE (The Abduction of Helen). The subject here, however, is not the abduction of Queen Helen by the Trojan prince Paris (calling for princely attire) but a generic \"battle of wild men,\" itself a popular Renaissance subject. The artist may have given some of the abductors African facial features to make them look more savage to European viewers.",
    "provenance": "Sir Thomas D. Gibson. Carmichael Sale, Christie's, London, May 12, 1902, no. 5; Harding, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "1550-1575 (Late Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.316",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4,
            "height": 13.2,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 9/16 × W: 5 3/16 × D: 3/16 in. (4 × 13.2 × 0.5 cm)"
}

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