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{
    "localId": "4045",
    "label": "Virgin and Child",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.233"
}

{
    "id": "4045",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.233",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Virgin and Child",
    "description": "This Virgin and Child was carved from a curved piece of ivory corresponding to the shape of the original elephant tusk. Only the front is carved, suggesting that it was attached to a flat surface such as a shrine or diptych. A few areas of color are preserved from the original polychromy (paint). The smooth drapery is a German feature that differs from the rippled and pleated fabric of French statuettes.",
    "provenance": "Professor Paul Soubeiran de Pierres, Montpellier, France; Professor Paul Soubeiran de Pierres Sale, New York, December 8, 1927, lot 69; Henri Daguerre, Paris;  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1350-1375 (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.233",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "statuettes (statues)",
        "figurines",
        "ivories"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_71.233_3QtrLft_DD_T10.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_71.233_3QtrLft_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_71.233_3QtrLft_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 21.2,
            "height": 8,
            "depth": 3.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 8 1/4 x W: 3 1/8 x D: 1 1/4 in. (21.2 x 8 x 3.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "German",
    "style": "Gothic",
    "med": "ivory with traces of paint",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "215",
        "2547"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_71.233_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f0db18f60ac05dcb"
}