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    "label": "Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso)",
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    "title": "Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso)",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Sheet: 32.1 x 20 cm (12 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)",
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    "tec": "pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk",
    "tombstone": "Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso), mid-1500s. Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528–75). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk; sheet: 32.1 x 20 cm (12 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.587",
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            "inscription": "lower center, in brown ink: Pierino ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: A 3089"
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    "didYouKnow": "The voluptuous women supporting surrounding the lower stem of this chalice were likely inspired by caryatids--sculpted female figures used as weight bearing columns in classical architecture.",
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