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{
    "localId": "14446",
    "label": "Virgin and Child",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/53.43"
}

{
    "id": "14446",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/53.43",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Virgin and Child",
    "description": "This statuette once topped a large candlestick or chandelier. The figure is hollow, and the large opening on its top is a result of the casting process. Smaller holes on the sides of the Virgin's head show that she once wore a crown. Her right hand, separately cast and attached by a pin, originally likely held a scepter or a lily (symbol of Mary's purity). The grapes clasped by the infant Christ allude to the wine of Communion and, thus, to the blood shed by him at Calvary.",
    "provenance": "Stefano Bardini, Florence, by purchase; Sale, Christie's, London, June 5, 1899 or May 26, 1902; George Robinson Harding, London [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd half of the 15th century (Late Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/53.43",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "chandeliers",
        "ornaments"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_53.43_Back_DD_T06.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_53.43_Back_DD_T06.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_53.43_Back_DD_T06.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "10 1/4 in. (26 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Flemish",
    "style": "Gothic",
    "med": "brass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3868",
        "6505"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1957"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_53.43_Fnt_DD_T06.jpg",
    "mediaId": "9f8e8f41f5a6154e"
}