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{
    "localId": "9168",
    "label": "Portrait of Louis Gabriel Moreau (1740-1806), known as Moreau the Elder",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.514"
}

{
    "id": "9168",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.514",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Portrait of Louis Gabriel Moreau (1740-1806), known as Moreau the Elder",
    "description": "This terracotta medallion is pierced for hanging. It was previously said to be the portrait of Jean-Michel Moreau (Moreau le jeune), but is more likely that of Louis Gabriel Moreau, l'ainé (brother of the first).The piece is cracked and has some chips on the edges.",
    "provenance": "Muhlbacher [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Paris, May 1907, no. 243; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by purchase.",
    "date": "1717-1786",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.514",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "portraits",
        "medals (medallions)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_27.514_Fnt_BW_H48.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_27.514_Fnt_BW_H48.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_27.514_Fnt_BW_H48.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diam: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] I. B. NINI.F.; [Number] On small label pasted on back: no. 418",
    "med": "terracotta",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7165"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3097"
    ]
}

{
    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_27.514_Fnt_BW_H48.jpg",
    "mediaId": "727bd2268ecc8856"
}