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    "localId": "37062",
    "label": "Théophile Gautier (1811-1872)",
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    "id": "37062",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.854",
    "contentType": "object",
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    "title": "Théophile Gautier (1811-1872)",
    "description": "Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) was a French poet and novelist. He was a leader of the Parnassians and an advocate of art for art's sake. He is remembered for his prose fiction, but his work as a journalist and a theater and art critic was to occupy him for most of his career.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1845",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.854",
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    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "medallions (medals)",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diam: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)"
}

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    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Bottom center: David; [Date] Bottom center: 1845; [Inscription] On left: Theophile Gautier; [Inscription] On obverse: FUMIÈRE / ET CIE SUCRS - THIEBAUT FRES / PARIS",
    "med": "bronze",
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