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    "localId": "30381",
    "label": "Triptych with Virgin and Child Flanked by Archangels; Scenes from the Life of Christ; Apostles and Saint George and Saint Mercurius",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/36.7"
}

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    "id": "30381",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/36.7",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Triptych with Virgin and Child Flanked by Archangels; Scenes from the Life of Christ; Apostles and Saint George and Saint Mercurius",
    "description": "The imposing figures of Mary with Her Son dominate the center scene. The large, watchful eyes, always powerful in Ethiopian icons, are especially impressive here, as are the fine details of the speckled and jeweled robes. The resurrected Christ, seen at the upper left, holds a small cross and the hands of Adam and Eve as symbols of victory over death.",
    "provenance": "Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unkonwn] [Nooter 20.2]; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by purchase.",
    "date": "late 17th century-early 18th century (Late Solomonic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/36.7",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "triptychs",
        "panel paintings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_36.7_FntDet_TR_T96IV.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_36.7_FntDet_TR_T96IV.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_36.7_FntDet_TR_T96IV.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 38.4,
            "height": 22.8,
            "depth": 1.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Center panel H: 15 1/8 x W: 9 x D: 3/4 in. (38.4 x 22.8 x 1.9 cm); Left panel H: 14 7/8 x W: 4 5/16 x D: 1/2 in. (37.8 x 11 x 1.3 cm); Right panel H: 15 1/16 x W: 4 7/16 x D: 9/16 in. (38.2 x 11.2 x 1.42 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Christian Highland Ethiopian",
    "dynasty": "late Solomonic Dynasty",
    "med": "tempera on wood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6264"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ETH"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1958",
        "955",
        "13"
    ]
}

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