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    "localId": "4449",
    "label": "Single Leaf of a Portrait of Shah Abbas I",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.713"
}

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    "id": "4449",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.713",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Single Leaf of a Portrait of Shah Abbas I",
    "description": "According to the inscription in the upper panel of this manuscript leaf, Walters W.713, the painting depicts the Safavid ruler Shah 'Abbas I (reigned 996 AH/AD 1588-1038 AH/AD 1629). It was likely produced in India in the twelfth century AH/AD 18th. The Safavid ruler is shown in a stylized landscape. On the verso of the leaf is a sample of calligraphy in Nasta'liq script quoting verses by the Persian poet Sa'di Shirazi (died 691 AH/AD 1292). These verses were executed in Samarqand by Muhammad Amin ibn Baba Jan in 990 AH/AD 1582-1583.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "Painting: 18th century; Calligraphy: 1582-1583 (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.713",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.713.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.713.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.713.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 38,
            "height": 25.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 14 15/16 x W: 10 1/16 in. (38 x 25.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "83872",
        "83871"
    ],
    "med": "ink and paint on paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "19311",
        "15724",
        "2191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.713.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
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