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{
    "localId": "39009",
    "label": "Renaissance-Style Pendant with Judith Holding the Head of Holofernes",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.424"
}

{
    "id": "39009",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.424",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Renaissance-Style Pendant with Judith Holding the Head of Holofernes",
    "description": "This elaborate double-sided pendant depicts two biblical scenes. The side displayed here shows Judith with a sword in her right hand and the head of Holofernes in the other. With the help of her maid, she is about to drop the head into a bag. The other side of the pendant portrays David, about to swing his sling at Goliath, who appears in the dress of a Roman military leader.",
    "provenance": "Frédéric Spitzer, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Paris 1893, Lot 1840 [Sale catalogue plate XLVII]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1893, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.424",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamels",
        "pendants (jewelry)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.424_SideB_DD_T09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.424_SideB_DD_T09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.424_SideB_DD_T09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "gold, enamel, diamonds, rubies, pearls",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5638"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "405",
        "2227",
        "2513",
        "2888"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_44.424_SideB_DD_T09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "990b7bbb32b569b8"
}