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    "localId": "2112",
    "label": "Plaque with Saint John the Baptist Preaching",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1044"
}

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    "id": "2112",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1044",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Plaque with Saint John the Baptist Preaching",
    "description": "In a wilderness, depicted as a forest, John the Baptist preaches repentance in anticipation of the coming of the Messiah. Jews, depicted with hats and turbans, Roman soldiers, and women with small children have gathered to listen to his preaching. By letting heads from the crowd stick up from below, the artist has created an illusion of space continuing into the viewer's room. The edges indicate that this plaque was intended to be inserted into a cabinet or casket.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1550-1600 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1044",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "plaques"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.1044_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 18.1,
            "height": 24.7,
            "depth": 1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 1/8 × W: 9 3/4 × D: 3/8 in. (18.1 × 24.7 × 0.95 cm)"
}

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    "med": "gilded bronze",
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        "6211"
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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    ]
}

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