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{
    "localId": "19759",
    "label": "A Bright Day",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.38"
}

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    "id": "19759",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.38",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "A Bright Day",
    "description": "Dupré was one of the few Barbizon artists to spend a significant amount of time in England, visiting for four months in 1831. This luminous view suggests not only his interest in outdoor painting but also his admiration for the atmospheric landscapes and dramatic skies of the English artist John Constable.",
    "provenance": "Emile Gavet Collection, Paris; purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, May 12 1883 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 563.",
    "date": "ca. 1835-1840",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.38",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "oil paintings (visual works)",
        "panel paintings"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_37.38_Fnt_DD_T09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 28.5,
            "height": 45
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11 1/4 x W: 17 11/16 in. (28.5 x 45 cm); Framed H: 20 1/8 x W: 26 3/8 x D: 4 7/8 in (51.12 x 66.99 x 12.38 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Lower left: Jules Dupre; [Inscription] On back of frame: Dupré Mons Lucas",
    "med": "oil on canvas",
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1955",
        "2113",
        "2159",
        "2286",
        "366",
        "2749",
        "2363",
        "3818"
    ]
}

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