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    "localId": "32403",
    "label": "Male Figure (Kouros)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.778"
}

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    "id": "32403",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.778",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Male Figure (Kouros)",
    "description": "One of the most common types of figurines of the period is the nude male youth at the height of his physical beauty. Note the powerful upper chest, shoulders, and muscular thighs. His facial characteristics and his tall, narrow physique suggest that he was made in the Cyclades.",
    "provenance": "Kann Collection (?); Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "6th century BC (Archaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.778",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "statuettes (statues)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.778_Fnt_SL.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.778_Fnt_SL.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 23.3,
            "height": 6.7,
            "depth": 4.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 3/16 x W: 2 5/8 x D: 1 7/8 in. (23.3 x 6.7 x 4.8 cm)"
}

{
    "style": "Cycladic",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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