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{
    "localId": "12310",
    "label": "Brooch with Portrait Miniature of a Man",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.567"
}

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    "id": "12310",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.567",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Brooch with Portrait Miniature of a Man",
    "description": "This miniature of an unknown man is mounted in an 8-sided frame. The reverse of the brooch is decorated with engraved foliate motifs. Inset is a small oval frame containing an entwined strand of hair. A pin to hold to brooch is attached by a short chain. One of the two clasps for the pin is missing.",
    "provenance": "A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.",
    "date": "1840-1849",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.567",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Miniatures",
        "miniatures (paintings)",
        "portraits",
        "brooches"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_38.567_Back_DD_T13.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_38.567_Back_DD_T13.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_38.567_Back_DD_T13.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.4,
            "height": 4.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 1/8 × W: 1 13/16 in. (5.4 × 4.6 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "watercolor on ivory, gold, hair",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6184"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_38.567_Back_DD_T13.jpg",
    "mediaId": "75a0dd8f556c334c"
}