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{
    "localId": "99418",
    "label": "Stained Glass Panel with Female Donor",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
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    "id": "99418",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Stained Glass Panel with Female Donor",
    "description": "The origin of these stained glass panels is unknown. They depict a male and female donor, presumably husband and wife, who gaze upon a now-lost central panel. The object of their devotions was likely a crucified Christ or a standing figure of the Virgin Mary. The man, dressed in armor, and the woman, wearing a bejeweled and richly embroidered gown, are accompanied by their coats-of-arms (unidentified). They are undoubtedly members of an aristocratic elite who commissioned these windows, perhaps for a family chapel.",
    "date": "c. 1480",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.1.2",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60755232"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Glass"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1919.1.2/1919.1.2_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1919.1.2/1919.1.2_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1919.1.2/1919.1.2_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 156 x 43.5 x 1.5 cm (61 7/16 x 17 1/8 x 9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "France, 15th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1919.1.2"
}

{
    "tec": "pot metal, white glass with silver stain",
    "tombstone": "Stained Glass Panel with Female Donor, c. 1480. France, 15th century. Pot metal, white glass with silver stain ; overall: 156 x 43.5 x 1.5 cm (61 7/16 x 17 1/8 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1919.1.2",
    "collection": "MED - Gothic",
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
        "1919.8",
        "1919.2"
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "The brilliant colors of this stained glass panel were produced by adding different materials to molten glass, creating a reaction that resulted in specific colors. The metal supports for the individual pieces of glass are made from pot metal, an alloy, or mixture, of copper and iron.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "\"Accessions.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 6, no. 2 (1919): 37-38.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 37",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136263"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.1.2",
    "creditline": "Dudley P. Allen Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:22:11.439000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1919.1.2/1919.1.2_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 99418,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Gothic",
    "med": "pot metal, white glass with silver stain",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "fd852c9beadf63e3"
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