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    "localId": "28158",
    "label": "Athlete Discobolos",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.699"
}

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    "id": "28158",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.699",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Athlete Discobolos",
    "description": "The pose and gesture of the athlete suggest that he is a discus thrower preparing for competition. The statuette's stance recalls Classical sculpture, while the long limbs, small head, and exaggerated breadth of the shoulders are characteristic of late Hellenistic works.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st century BC (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.699",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "statuettes (statues)"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.699_3Qtr_DD_T06.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 17.7,
            "height": 6,
            "depth": 4.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 6 15/16 x W: 2 5/16 x D: 1 5/8 in. (17.7 x 6 x 4.1 cm)"
}

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    "med": "solid cast bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
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        "2089",
        "2237",
        "3074"
    ]
}

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