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{
    "localId": "10101",
    "label": "Plaque with Putto Supporting a Vase",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.36"
}

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    "id": "10101",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.36",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Plaque with Putto Supporting a Vase",
    "description": "The plaque is the upper left corner of a frame-embellishment and is curved to fit an oval or arched central panel. The putto reproduces a detail of an ancient relief found in Ravenna representing the empty throne of Neptune, which Marco Dente engraved in 1519 (Bibliothèque Nationale, Estampes, Eb 6 Res 41).",
    "provenance": "Sale, Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome, April 21, 1902, no. 438; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1580 (?) (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.36",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamels",
        "plaques"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_44.36_Fnt_BW_H65.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.8,
            "height": 7.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 1/16 x W: 2 13/16 in. (12.8 x 7.1 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "painted enamel on copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "17015"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "REN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "56eb6a4d2d5f8696"
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