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{
    "localId": "5142",
    "label": "St. Anthony of Egypt",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.431"
}

{
    "id": "5142",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.431",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "St. Anthony of Egypt",
    "description": "This embroidered icon, similar to Walters 83.332, represents St. Antony the Great (d. 356), the founder of Egyptian monasticism.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1733 (Early Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.431",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textiles",
        "icons",
        "embroideries"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_83.431_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_83.431_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_83.431_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.2,
            "height": 0.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1/16 x W: 1/16 in. (0.16 x 0.16 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Orthodox Eastern",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transcription] Below the image: + Χεῖρ Ἀντ[ω]νίου ~",
        "αψλγ᾿; [Translation] [By] Anthony’s hand",
        "1733."
    ],
    "dynasty": "Ottoman Dynasty",
    "reign": "Mahmud I (1730-1754)",
    "RelatedObjects": 11808,
    "med": "silver threads, silk",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_83.431_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a4790642e14fb121"
}