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    "localId": "2715",
    "label": "Consulting His Lawyer",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.127"
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    "id": "2715",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.127",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Consulting His Lawyer",
    "description": "A country lawyer in outmoded costume is seated beside a cluttered desk perusing some documents. He appears to ignore the gestures of his client, an elderly peasant whose gnarled hands, toothless grimace and soiled boots reflect the vicissitudes of life.This low-keyed, carefully delineated interior typifies the work of Vautier, who was noted for emotionally nuanced depictions of rural life.",
    "provenance": "Dr. Strauss, Vienna (date and mode of acquisition unknown); purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), November 11, 1875, Baltimore [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 422.",
    "date": "1872",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.127",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "oil paintings (visual works)",
        "panel paintings"
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 59,
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    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 23 1/4 x W: 27 3/4 in. (59 x 70.5 cm)"
}

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    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Lower right: B. Vautier del 1872",
    "med": "oil on panel",
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