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    "localId": "12890",
    "label": "Presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.123"
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    "id": "12890",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.123",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple",
    "description": "The scene takes place in a columnar hall, divided into a nave and two aisles by rows of columns supporting a flat ceiling. The floor is tessellated. On the right, the Holy Family is represented arriving in the temple. Mary holds the child and St. Joseph holds a covered cup. Behind him, a maiden brings four doves in a basket. Three other figures are seen under the ring chandelier. In the center, under a fringed canopy decorated with an image of a putto, is a square altar set on a podium and covered with a cloth edged with a knotted fringe. Simeon and another priest have received the child from Mary and Joseph, who stand behind. In the left aisle, the prophetess Anna, her head covered with a veil, raises her hands in wonder. A turbaned scribe holds the Book of the Law and three other men are seen in the background. Rays of light from the upper left shine upon the central group.",
    "provenance": "Henry T. Hope, Deepdene, Surrey, England [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Pelham-Clinton, seventh Duke of Newcastle, Clumber House, Nottinghamshire, [date of acquisition unknown] by inheritance (from his grandfather); Duke of Newcastle Sale, London, July 7, 1921, lot 107; George Robinson Harding, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd half 16th century (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.123",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 10.9,
            "height": 15.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 5/16 x W: 6 1/16 in. (10.9 x 15.4 cm)"
}

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    "med": "painted enamel on copper",
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    "exhibition_ids": []
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