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    "localId": "18870",
    "label": "Study for a Louvre Pediment",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
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    "contentType": "drawing",
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    "title": "Study for a Louvre Pediment",
    "description": "In 1857, Barye designed a pediment for the western façade of the Sully Pavilion of the Louvre. His subject was Napoleon I Dominating History and the Fine Arts. He experimented using various motifs; in this drawing he shows the emperor enthroned holding a lyre. Rays emanating from his head associate him with the god Apollo. Napoleon is flanked by seated and reclining females. In the final design, the bust of Napoleon wearing a laurel crown was placed in the center flanked by female figures symbolizing History and the Fine Arts.",
    "provenance": "Mme Vildieu (born Georgine-Virginie-Henriette Barye); Fabius Frères, Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 1857",
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 27.6,
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        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "10 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. (27.6 x 37.5 cm)"
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1956"
    ]
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