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    "localId": "15558",
    "label": "Samson and the Lion",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.784"
}

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    "id": "15558",
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Samson and the Lion",
    "description": "This superb bronze candlestick refers to a scene from the biblical book of Judges (14:5-7), which tells how Samson killed a lion with his bare hands. Here, Samson rides the animal, with one hand resting on its head and the other supporting the drip pan for the candle. Bronze candlesticks and pitchers of this period were frequently made in the shape of a lion, a symbol of strength and courage.",
    "provenance": "Albert von Oppenheim, Cologne; Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; John Pierpont Morgan, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 13th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.784",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "candlesticks"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 40.2,
            "height": 23.2,
            "depth": 13
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "15 13/16 x 9 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (40.2 x 23.2 x 13 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Mosan",
    "style": "Romanesque",
    "med": "bronze, traces of gilding",
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        "487",
        "1995",
        "335",
        "170",
        "2527",
        "2963"
    ]
}

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