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{
    "localId": "10751",
    "label": "Venus",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.504"
}

{
    "id": "10751",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.504",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Venus",
    "description": "This nude can be identified as Venus from the five spiral cones in her hair, a misunderstanding of conical shells alluding to the goddess's birth from the sea. The proportions, with a thickened waist and less graceful contours than those of the northern Italian examples, indicate a German origin.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1500 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.504",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "statuettes (statues)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.504_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.504_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.504_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "REN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.504_VwB_DD_T13.jpg",
    "mediaId": "147c307dcd9de493"
}