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    "localId": "11281",
    "label": "Damascus",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.193"
}

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    "id": "11281",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.193",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Damascus",
    "description": "From 1848-71, Pasini resided in Paris and found inspiration in the atmospheric North African views of Eugène Fromentin. In 1855, he accompanied a French diplomatic expedition to Iran and also stopped in Turkey and Egypt. He returned to the Near East on a number of occasions, once traveling with fellow artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. In this courtyard scene, Pasini has captured the subtle effects of the subdued light on the stucco walls, the tiles, and the lattice window.",
    "provenance": "Purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, February 23, 1881 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 515.",
    "date": "1880",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.193",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "oil paintings (visual works)"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 42.6,
            "height": 32.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 16 3/4 x W: 12 13/16 in. (42.6 x 32.6 cm); Framed H: 28 3/16 x W: 24 5/16 in. (71.6 x 61.75 cm)"
}

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    "inscriptions": "[Signature] At lower left: A Pasini; [Date] At lower left:  1880",
    "med": "oil on fabric",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2833"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2706",
        "3300"
    ]
}

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