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    "localId": "19610",
    "label": "Plaque with the Annunciation to the Shepherds",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.217"
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Plaque with the Annunciation to the Shepherds",
    "description": "The scene is placed beneath a flattened arch on a hatched ground. The landscape is painted with a black-brown color, and the ground and details are highlighted with gilding. A small blue line runs around the frame.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1430-1460 (Medieval)",
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    "language": "en",
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            "width": 6,
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    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/8 x W: 1 13/16 in. (6 x 4.6 cm)"
}

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