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    "localId": "15974",
    "label": "Scene from Ancient History",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1050"
}

{
    "id": "15974",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1050",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scene from Ancient History",
    "description": "This intaglio with an unidentified scene of a dispute among Roman generals was most likely carved to to feed the market for ancient gems.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Sadie Jones [Mrs. Henry Walters], New York, 1931; purchased by Joseph Brummer, New York; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 1942.",
    "date": "17th century (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1050",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "intaglios (sculptural objects)",
        "rings"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.1050_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.1050_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.2,
            "height": 2.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7/8 x W: 1 in. (2.2 x 2.5 cm)"
}

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    "med": "onyx with modern gold mount",
    "creator_ids": [
        "33562"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "REN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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