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    "localId": "17251",
    "label": "Hindu Snake Charmers",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.117"
}

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    "id": "17251",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.117",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Hindu Snake Charmers",
    "description": "Mariano Fortuny accompanied General Prim's military expedition to Morocco in 1860. Following the defeat of the Moroccan army at the battle of Tétouan, Spain controlled a portion of the western Sahara until 1976. On a number of occasions, Fortuny returned to North Africa, where the clarity of the atmosphere and the intensity of the sunlight profoundly influenced him. In this scene, set outdoors at twilight, a turbaned Indian mesmerizes a cobra with a reed. The artist, a collector of Islamic decorative arts, includes such accessories as a copper bowl, luster plate, and saddle.",
    "provenance": "D. H. Foll, Geneva [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A. T. Stewart [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A. T. Stewart Sale, New York, March 23-30, 1887, no. 128; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1887, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1869",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.117",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "oil paintings (visual works)"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 58.7,
            "height": 124.5,
            "depth": 2.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 23 1/8 x W: 49 x D: 7/8 in. (58.74 x 124.46 x 2.22 cm); Framed H: 38 7/8 x W: 64 3/4 x D: 5 3/4 in. (98.74 x 164.47 x 14.61 cm)"
}

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    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Lower left: Fortuny; [Date] Lower left: R 1869",
    "med": "oil on canvas",
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    ],
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    ],
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        "2204",
        "908",
        "3191",
        "3300"
    ]
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