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    "localId": "10277",
    "label": "The Last Supper",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.183"
}

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    "id": "10277",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.183",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "The Last Supper",
    "description": "The scene occupies the well of the dish. Christ is surrounded by the apostles. Bread, wine cups and a dish containing the roasted paschal lamb are laid on the table which is covered with a white linen cloth. The black background is powdered with gilt punched dots and stars. The cavetto is decorated with gilt scrolls on a black ground. The rim displays eight cherub heads painted amidst gilt scrolls.In the central field of the reverse of the dish is a large shield-of-arms: sable, a double-headed eagle displayed argent, surmounted by a closed helm and colletin with a crest, with mantling in blue, white and orange. The border is decorated with gilt scrolls.",
    "provenance": "Vicomte Deury [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Arras, June 14-21, 1897, lot 58; Jacques Seligmann, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "c. 1650",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.183",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "dishes"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 38.8,
            "height": 30.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 15 1/4 x W: 11 7/8 in. (38.8 x 30.1 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] in black near the edge of the table: franciscus limosin fecit[Transcription] in the black background: COENA DOMINI",
    "med": "painted enamel on copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5070"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "REN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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