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    "localId": "19582",
    "label": "Wheel-Lock Pistol of Louis XIII of France",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.435"
}

{
    "id": "19582",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.435",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Wheel-Lock Pistol of Louis XIII of France",
    "description": "This pistol is one of a pair documented as having belonged to King Louis XIII of France (1601-1643).  The artistry of the restrained decoration with the brass wire and silver foliage against the pear wood is exquisite.",
    "provenance": "King Louis XIII [from the royal gun room, no. 208];  Clements [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sale, American Art Association, New York, December 5, 1924, no. 138;  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1635-1640 (Baroque)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.435",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "wheel locks"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.435_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.435_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "27 15/16 in. (71 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "steel, pear wood, brass wire, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR",
        "ARM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_51.435_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "20bf23980fd3f96a"
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