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    "localId": "4682",
    "label": "Miniature Iconostasis, with Scenes from the Life of Christ",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1187"
}

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    "id": "4682",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1187",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Miniature Iconostasis, with Scenes from the Life of Christ",
    "description": "The central part of this three-panel painting reproduces the wooden icon screen (\"iconostasis\") that stands in front of the altar in Orthodox churches. Small in size and easily portable, the piece was used for personal devotions. Its imitation of monumental church decoration reminded the viewers that since God is omnipresent, prayer in private is the same as praying in church. It was probably made on Corfu, the resting place of St. Spyridon, who is portrayed on the right end of the central panel. For several centuries, this Greek island was a colony of Venice, hence the influence of Italian baroque art seen in the ornamentation of the frame.",
    "provenance": "George Robinson Harding, London, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1700 (Early Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1187",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "portable iconstasis",
        "paintings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_37.1187_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_37.1187_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_37.1187_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 68.2,
            "height": 42.1,
            "depth": 11.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "closed: 26 7/8 x 16 9/16 x 4 5/8 in. (68.2 x 42.1 x 11.8 cm);open: 26 7/8 x 29 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. (68.2 x 74 x 11.8 cm);each wing: 26 7/8 x 7 5/16 in. (68.2 x 18.5 cm)",
    "style": "Post-Byzantine"
}

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    "cul": "Orthodox Eastern",
    "med": "tempera and gold on wood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "648",
        "358"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_37.1187_Fnt_BW.jpg",
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