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    "localId": "28325",
    "label": "A Portrait",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.75"
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    "id": "28325",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.75",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "A Portrait",
    "description": "A black-haired woman, clad in black with a red scarf, is shown shoulder-length posed against a neutral greenish-grey, shadowy ground. The lighting is from overhead, leaving the eyes in shadow. The subject's identity has not been ascertained.Müller became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1864.  He is well known for his portraits and historical paintings, particularly for the compositions.",
    "provenance": "Purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, December 29, 1865 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 209.",
    "date": "1852",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.75",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "oil paintings (visual works)",
        "portraits"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 61,
            "height": 49.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 24 x W: 19 5/8 in. (61 x 49.8 cm); Framed H: 37 x W: 32 in. (93.98 x 81.28 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Lower right: C.L. Müller /; [Date] Lower right: 1852",
    "med": "oil on canvas",
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    ],
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    ],
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    ]
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