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{
    "localId": "36868",
    "label": "Head of a Saint",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.324"
}

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    "id": "36868",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.324",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Head of a Saint",
    "description": "This fresco fragment displays an image of a saint depicted frontally, confronting the viewer. His stern gaze, staff, and garment that evokes armor suggest that he is a military saint. The figure’s halo and breastplate are highlighted in gold.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian [date and mode of acquisition unknown; Kelekian inv. no. 3816]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1200-1400",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.324",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "heads"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_37.324_Fnt_BW_5474.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_37.324_Fnt_BW_5474.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_37.324_Fnt_BW_5474.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.5,
            "height": 12.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 4 15/16 x 4 3/4 in. (12.5 x 12.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Orthodox Eastern",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transcription] Sticker on reverse in center: D. KELEKIAN; in pen: 3816; in pencil: 10; 2",
        "Place Vendôme; [Transcription] Rectangular sticker on reverse at center: Two small Byzantine Frescos",
        "/About 13th. Century",
        "/Found at  Salonica; [Transcription] On reverse in lower center in pencil: 2"
    ],
    "med": "fresco and secco with gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "90d643790097e2fd"
}