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    "localId": "30710",
    "label": "Virgin Mary",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1065A"
}

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    "id": "30710",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1065A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Virgin Mary",
    "description": "The Virgin Mary in this icon is asking her son to forgive the sins of humanity at the Last Judgement. She is flanked by four other saints, similarly shown in intercessory prayer: Saint Nicholas, Saint George, Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and Saint John Chrysostom.",
    "provenance": "Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov); purchased by Henry Walters, Paris, 1930; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1930.",
    "date": "16th century (Early Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1065A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "triptychs"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_37.1065A_Fnt_UK.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_37.1065A_Fnt_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 30.5,
            "height": 23.5,
            "depth": 4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 12 × W: 9 1/4 × D: 1 9/16 in. (30.5 × 23.5 × 4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Russian",
    "med": "tempera on wood panel silver gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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    ],
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        "13",
        "3423"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_37.1065A_Fnt_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "95a959102929480a"
}