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    "localId": "20347",
    "label": "Portrait of a Gentleman",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.225"
}

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    "id": "20347",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.225",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Portrait of a Gentleman",
    "description": "Small portraits of those to whom one was connected by family, friendship, or political allegiance were treasured first as likenesses and second as works of art. Just as today, a \"good\" photo of someone is one that \"looks like\" the person. They were often given as gifts. They could be hung in a decorative arrangement or kept in a cabinet and taken out to be contemplated. Other fine miniature portraits at the Walters are 38.210, 38.516 and 38.209.",
    "provenance": "Abraham Jay Fink, Baltimore [no. A-174]; A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.",
    "date": "1640-1645 (Baroque)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.225",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Miniatures",
        "miniatures (paintings)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_38.225_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_38.225_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_38.225_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm)"
}

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    "med": "oil on copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6227"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_38.225_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "047725e7d52d3f3c"
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