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{
    "localId": "24701",
    "label": "Male Figure from a Wrestling Group",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.700"
}

{
    "id": "24701",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.700",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Male Figure from a Wrestling Group",
    "description": "Although shown here comfortably seated on a rock, this figure is most likely the losing partner in a wrestling match. Similar figures are shown being lifted, about to be thrown to the ground by their opponent. The facial features and hairstyle of the man are reminiscent of Alexander the Great.",
    "provenance": "Sale, Objets d'art antiques, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 12 Feb 1923, lot 177, pl. VI; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 4th-late 1st century BCE (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.700",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "statuettes (statues)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.700_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.700_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.700_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Greek",
    "med": "cast bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2868"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS4_54.700_Lft_DD_AT21_24823-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "27335c495723ae8f"
}