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    "localId": "6636",
    "label": "Shipwreck in a Storm",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.877"
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    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Shipwreck in a Storm",
    "description": "Van Diest's seascapes are full of vivid details, for example, the figures clinging to the wreckage as ships break up in a violent storm. Protestant sermons and popular literature urged the Dutch to see moral lessons in nature and everyday life. Whether a shopkeeper or ship owner, someone seeing such a painting in a home might well reflect upon the soul on its journey through a life fraught with dangers. The foundering ship flies an English flag-the Cross of St. George-perhaps a reference to Holland's great maritime rival.",
    "provenance": "Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1629 (Baroque)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.877",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 49,
            "height": 71.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "19 5/16 x 28 1/4 in. (49 x 71.7 cm)"
}

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