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    "localId": "79174",
    "label": "Portrait of the Artist's Brother",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.2796"
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    "id": "79174",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.2796",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Portrait of the Artist's Brother",
    "description": "Doré worked as a painter, illustrator, and sculptor, but his international reputation rests mainly on his illustrations for such popular publications as Dante's \"Divine Comedy\" (1861-68), Milton's \"Paradise Lost\" (1863), and Edgar Allen Poe's \"The Raven\" (1883).Here, he depicts his brother Émile, who was a colonel in the French artillery. A visit to London in 1868 may have resulted in Doré's decision to use delicate washes in the manner of the British watercolorists rather than opaque colors.",
    "provenance": "Hal O'Nians Fine Art Dealer, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph F. McCrindle (1923-2008), New York, June 19, 1964, by purchase, #A1327; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, New York, 2008, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.",
    "date": "n.d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.2796",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "drawings (visual works)",
        "watercolors"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 53.3,
            "height": 36.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 21 x W: 14 1/2 in. (53.34 x 36.83 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature] on reverse",
        "top left: G. Doré - Portrait de son frere [Transcription] Top right: mnoo; Bottom right: aquarelle originale par Gustave Doré  Pencil notation: 35/209B"
    ],
    "med": "watercolor on laid beige paper with watermark, adhered by the edges to the face of a French mat",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3589"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2828"
    ]
}

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