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{
    "localId": "12507",
    "label": "Hellenistic Ruler",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1045"
}

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    "id": "12507",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1045",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Hellenistic Ruler",
    "description": "This statue is characteristic of a portrait tradition of Alexander that was established during his life. The powerfully muscular physique with irregularly bulging contours suggests that the figure was created by Alexandrian craftsmen. The wax model for the figure was assembled from elements cast in different molds, resulting in the unusual proportions of the limbs.",
    "provenance": "Matossian [date and mode of acquisition unknown] by 1921; Lépine [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Maison Nadaud [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd-1st century BC (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1045",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "statuettes (statues)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.1045_Back_DD_T06.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.1045_Back_DD_T06.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 25,
            "height": 13.7,
            "depth": 7.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 13/16 x W: 5 3/8 x D: 2 15/16 in. (25 x 13.7 x 7.5 cm). 4.22 lbs (1.91 kg)."
}

{
    "cul": "Greek",
    "med": "solid cast bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2089",
        "2237",
        "2896"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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