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    "localId": "36500",
    "label": "Portrait of a Man",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.232"
}

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    "id": "36500",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.232",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Portrait of a Man",
    "description": "Small portraits of those to whom one was connected by family, friendship, or political allegiance were treasured first as likenesses and second as works of art. Just as today, a \"good\" photo of someone is one that \"looks like\" the person. They were often given as gifts. They could be hung in a decorative arrangement or kept in a cabinet and taken out to be contemplated. Some were worn as pendants.",
    "provenance": "Dr. James Simon, Berlin [no. 84]; Abraham Jay Fink, Baltimore, no. A-41; A.J. Fink Foundation, Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1963, by gift.",
    "date": "ca. 1670 (Baroque)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.232",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Miniatures",
        "miniatures (paintings)",
        "portraits"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_38.232_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.5,
            "height": 5.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 15/16 x 2 3/16 in. (7.5 x 5.6 cm)"
}

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    "med": "oil on copper",
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    ],
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