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{
    "localId": "27611",
    "label": "Intaglio with Bust Wearing an Aegis",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1340"
}

{
    "id": "27611",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1340",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Intaglio with Bust Wearing an Aegis",
    "description": "This intaglio depicts a bust with wings in its hair and wearing armor in profile to the left. The image has been historically identified as Medusa but may also represent a ruler in the guise of a conqueror.",
    "provenance": "Arthur Evans, Oxford, by 1938 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Evans inv. no. 138; said to be from Rome]; Jacob Hirsch, Munich, 1941 [executor of Evans' will]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.",
    "date": "late 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE (Early Roman Imperial)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1340",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "intaglios (sculptural objects)",
        "gems"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1340_Fnt_BW_T01.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1340_Fnt_BW_T01.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1340_Fnt_BW_T01.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4,
            "height": 3,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "with mount: 1 9/16 x 1 3/16 x 3/16 in. (4 x 3 x 0.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Roman",
    "reign": "Augustus Caesar (27 BC-AD 14)",
    "med": "glass; mount: gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_42.1340_Fnt_BW_T01.jpg",
    "mediaId": "bce8753a07f7b040"
}