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    "localId": "106830",
    "label": "The Personification of Amsterdam Riding in Neptune's Chariot",
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    "title": "The Personification of Amsterdam Riding in Neptune's Chariot",
    "date": "1701",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Sheet: 26.1 x 31.8 cm (10 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.); Platemark: 19.8 x 26 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)",
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    "tombstone": "The River IJ and Seascapes: The Personification of Amsterdam Riding in Neptune's Chariot, 1701. Ludolf Backhuysen (Dutch, 1631–1708), Ludolf Backhuysen (Dutch, 1631–1708). Etching; sheet: 26.1 x 31.8 cm (10 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.); platemark: 19.8 x 26 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.848.1",
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            "inscription": "top left, on flag, in plate: AMSTERDAM[in reverse] ; lower left, in plate: L. Bakhuizen fecit et exc: cum Privil: ord: Hollandiæ ; lower right, on barrel, in plate: LBAK[in reverse] ; lower center, in separate plate: Zoo bouwt men hier aan't Scheepryk Y / De Moerbalk van den Staat en Steeden, / Ten besten van't gemeen, in Leeden / Van de Indiaansche Maatschappy: / Zoo brengt men peerlen, wyd vant een in't ander Landt; / Daar Kristus Leer, geleert, gesticht werd, en geplant. / Ludolf Bakhuizen. ; lower left, in graphite: D.1. ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: 10ps_ak_00-\""
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    "creditline": "Dudley P. Allen Fund",
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