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    "localId": "10404",
    "label": "Allegory",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1990"
}

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    "id": "10404",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1990",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Allegory",
    "description": "Monticelli, an artist from Marseilles, enjoyed a considerable following in the Paris of Napoleon III (reigned 1852-70). He specialized in pastoral vistas, such as this view of elegantly attired women relaxing in a park at twilight. The subject recalls the fêtes galantes, or outdoor scenes of amorous couples, painted by the 18th-century masters Antoine Watteau and Nicolas Lancret, but the unusual, rich colors and dense brushwork of Monticelli's paintings attracted such avant-garde painters as Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh.",
    "provenance": "George A. Lucas, Baltimore, by purchase; The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, 1910, by bequest [Henry Walters as intermediary];  Walters Art Museum, 1944, by indefinite loan; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 1860-1865",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1990",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 34.3,
            "height": 68.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "13 1/2 x 26 7/8 in. (34.3 x 68.2 cm)"
}

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    ],
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}

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