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{
    "localId": "33144",
    "label": "Étui with Nymphs",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.825"
}

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    "id": "33144",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.825",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Étui with Nymphs",
    "description": "This étui, or needle case, is covered with gold reliefs showing nymphs making offerings to the Roman goddess Venus or Ceres, putti flying or seated on clouds, and, at the top, pastoral trophies, all surrounded by delicate floral garlands and scrollwork. There is a gold inscription on the small horizontal band of white enamel separating the lower part of the case from the sliding lid.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "ca. 1750",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.825",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "etuis, lids"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.825_SideA_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.825_SideA_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.825_SideA_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.8,
            "height": 3,
            "depth": 2.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 1/16 × Maximum W: 1 3/16 × Maximum D: 1 in. (12.8 × 3 × 2.6 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription] On enamel band separating the two parts of the case",
        "in gold: CROYEZ A MES SENTIMENTS AFFECTUEUX; [Translation] With sincere affection; [Export Mark] Two boll weevils on the shaft covered by lid indicating that it was exported from France in 1893 or 1894."
    ],
    "med": "gold, pink agate, enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211",
        "6197"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2227",
        "3334",
        "2689",
        "1954"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_57.825_SideB_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "fdbafbfa3eb9ad70"
}