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{
    "localId": "17956",
    "label": "Statuette with Cupid Borne by the Three Graces",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.982"
}

{
    "id": "17956",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.982",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Statuette with Cupid Borne by the Three Graces",
    "description": "This statue shows the Three Graces with Cupid.  Two of the Graces hold up Cupid and feed him grapes, while the third is bending down and looking up at him.  There is a pot of grapes at their feet as well as a grape vine wrapping around one of the Graces.  They have loose flowing clothing falling off.",
    "provenance": "Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Musuem, 1931.",
    "date": "18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.982",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "statuary groups"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.982_48.1003_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.982_48.1003_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.982_48.1003_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 7/16 in. (23.9 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Mark] On top surface of base: R; On edge: 9",
    "med": "porcelain biscuit, soft paste (?)",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229",
        "1916"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_48.982_48.1003_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "7553ee2673513e46"
}