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    "localId": "33811",
    "label": "Plate with Sol in His Chariot",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.467"
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    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.467",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Plate with Sol in His Chariot",
    "description": "The Roman sun-god Sol drives a chariot drawn by two winged horses through a dark sky studded with gold stars. The plate is from a series decorated with mythological representations of the planets. The composition is based on an engraving of 1542 by Aeneas Vico (1523-67), but De Court shows his own subtle sense of design in the strapwork (the pattern that looks like interwoven straps) around the edge.",
    "provenance": "Sale, London, March 5, 1855, no. 1477; Ralph Bernal, London, 1855, by purchase; Octavius E. Coope, Brentwood, Essex, by purchase; Sale, London, Christie's, March 3, 1910, no. 45; Harding, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1555-1565 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.467",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "plates"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "9 1/16 in. (23 cm) (diam.)"
}

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    "med": "painted enamel on copper",
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    ],
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}

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