Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "38633",
    "label": "Stomacher",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1770"
}

{
    "id": "38633",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1770",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Stomacher",
    "description": "During the 18th century, stomachers, or V-shaped brooches, were widely worn in Europe. This particular example is made with flat silver wire and is set with white and green pastes, a flint glass that served as an economical substitute for gem stones.",
    "provenance": "Melvin Gutman [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by gift.",
    "date": "early 18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1770",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "stomachers"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1770_Fnt_BW_H46.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1770_Fnt_BW_H46.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1770_Fnt_BW_H46.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 16.3,
            "height": 10.7,
            "depth": 2.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 6 7/16 × W: 4 3/16 × D: 15/16 in. (16.3 × 10.7 × 2.4 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "silver, paste",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6505"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513",
        "1954"
    ]
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_57.1770_Fnt_DD_T16-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "214d10124df64da0"
}