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{
    "localId": "11808",
    "label": "Icon of Saint George Slaying the Dragon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.332"
}

{
    "id": "11808",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.332",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Icon of Saint George Slaying the Dragon",
    "description": "This embroidery probably hung as an offering beneath a larger, painted image of St. George. It depicts two legendary exploits of the 4th-century Christian martyr. Seated on the saddle behind him is a boy whom George miraculously delivered from Muslim captivity and returned home. At the same time, the saint is saving a princess from the dragon that is about to devour her.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1792 (Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.332",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textiles",
        "embroidery (visual works)",
        "icons"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_83.332_Fnt_NG_2948.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_83.332_Fnt_NG_2948.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_83.332_Fnt_NG_2948.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 32.1,
            "height": 26
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 12 5/8 x W: 10 1/4 in. (32.07 x 26.04 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Orthodox Eastern",
    "style": "Late Byzantine",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transcription] Below the image: + Ποίημα ἐμου Χρισάνθου κυπρίου ἱεροδιακόνου τοῦ ἁγίου Κ(ο)ν(σ)τ(αντίνου) Κουκούματ(ος) […] αψϟβ᾿    [around the image",
        "starting above it and continuing on its right and left sides]  Δέξαι δέησιν",
        "θαυματούργε / Γεώργιε",
        "τοῦ σοῦ οἰκέτου χατζή Γεωργίου /  μετὰ τῆς συμβίου καὶ τῶν τέκνων",
        "γ(ο)ν(έων)",
        "ἀδ(ελ)φ(ῶν); [Translation] + Work of me",
        "Chrisanthus the Cypriot",
        "deacon of the [Church of] Saint Constantine at Koukouma […]",
        "1792.  around the image",
        "starting above it and continuing on its right and left sides:O miracle-worker George",
        "receive the prayer of your servant",
        "pilgrim George",
        "with his consort and children",
        "parents [and] brothers."
    ],
    "med": "silk and metal-thread embroidery on silk, pearls, green stones",
    "creator_ids": [
        "16161"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ",
        "TAF"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2726"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_83.332_Fnt_NG_2948.jpg",
    "mediaId": "5b4b935778fe4e29"
}