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{
    "localId": "36394",
    "label": "Virgin and Child Pendant",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.231"
}

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    "id": "36394",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.231",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Virgin and Child Pendant",
    "description": "The Virgin nursing the Christ Child is carved in high relief on a square of steatite with cut corners. There are two holes for suspension. The inscription is illegible.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941; Miss Julia R. Rogers, Baltimore, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by gift.",
    "date": "18th century (Early Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.231",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Stone",
        "plaques",
        "pendants"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_41.231_Fnt_BW_H41.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_41.231_Fnt_BW_H41.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.8,
            "height": 3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/8 x W: 1 3/16 in. (2.8 x 3 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Illegible inscription] Top left",
    "med": "steatite",
    "creator_ids": [],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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