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{
    "localId": "15820",
    "label": "Ring with Perseus",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1220"
}

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    "id": "15820",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1220",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring with Perseus",
    "description": "This ring copies a well-known ancient depiction of the hero Perseus, shown in his moment of triumph over Medusa, one of the Gorgons, whose gaze turned onlookers into stone. Perseus holds his sword in his right hand, while raising Medusa's head high with his left. The technique- gold relief on an iron background- was used as an alternative to intaglios in the later 18th century.",
    "provenance": "George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, by 1817, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Marlborough no. 184]; George Spencer-Churchill, fifth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1817, by bequest; George Spencer-Churchill, sixth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1840, by bequest; John Spencer-Churchill, seventh Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1857, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 June 1875, p. 28, lot 184 [as “Bacchus”]; David Bromilow, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, ca. 1875, by purchase; Julia Bromilow Jary, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, 1898, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems Purchased by the Late David Bromilow, esq., Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 26 June 1899, p. 32, lot 184; Mr. King, 1899, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by bequest; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5143a]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.",
    "date": "late 18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1220",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "finger rings"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1220_Fnt_BW_9977.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1220_Fnt_BW_9977.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.2,
            "height": 1.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1/2 x 11/16 in. (1.2 x 1.8 cm);bezel: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)"
}

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    "med": "gold, iron",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6200"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2054",
        "2227",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "99213fd7e8e0d04e"
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