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    "localId": "24139",
    "label": "Plaque with Emblem",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.284"
}

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    "id": "24139",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.284",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Plaque with Emblem",
    "description": "A rectangular plaque displays an oval wreath of laurel leaves enframing a device composed of a pair of wings and a scroll inscribed: SVB VMBRA TVARVM [alarum]- a free rendering of verse 4 of Psalm 90, translated: \"He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust.\" The scroll and wings are white; the ground lapis blue; the laurel leaves green, with clusters of fruit at the angles and fillets in amber color. In the corners sprays of leaves are indicated in gilding.",
    "provenance": "Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Collections de San Donato Sale, Paris, March 22, 1870, lot 468; Henry Willett, Brighton, England [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, London, April 7, 1905, no. 98; George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1530-1540 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.284",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamels",
        "plaques"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_44.284_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_44.284_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_44.284_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 22.3,
            "height": 20
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 8 3/4 x W: 7 7/8 in. (22.3 x 20 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Transcription] SVB VMBRA * TVARVM; [Translation] Under the shadow [of your wings]",
    "med": "painted enamel on copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "REN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_44.284_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "da5d33b92f868f82"
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