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{
    "localId": "3187",
    "label": "Portrait of a Gentleman",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.420"
}

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    "id": "3187",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.420",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Portrait of a Gentleman",
    "description": "Waist-length, three-quarters to right portrait of a man, with eyes towards the viewer. The sitter has white hair worn long over the ears, and wears a dark blue coat, white vest and white stock.The plait of hair on the back, surrounded a blue enamel field, is light brown. Since the sitter is shown with powdered hair, this perhaps belongs to another person.",
    "provenance": "Mrs. M. Maxwell [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.",
    "date": "1st quarter 19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.420",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Miniatures",
        "miniatures (paintings)",
        "portraits"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_38.420_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_38.420_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_38.420_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.1,
            "height": 6.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Painted surface H: 2 x W: 2 5/8 in. (5.08 x 6.67 cm); Framed H: 2 3/8 x W: 2 7/8 in. (6.03 x 7.3 cm)"
}

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    "med": "watercolor on ivory, gilt frame, hair",
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        "6184"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_38.420_Fnt_DD_T12.jpg",
    "mediaId": "dfa2606a41078c2c"
}