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    "localId": "6371",
    "label": "The Crucifixion and Four Other New Testament Scenes",
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    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.296"
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    "id": "6371",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.296",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "The Crucifixion and Four Other New Testament Scenes",
    "description": "This small triptych icon shows the Crucifixion in the central panel, with Doubting Thomas and the Resurrection on one wing, and Pentecost and the Deposition on the other. Carved on the back is a schematic representation of the Cross, the lance, and the reed with a sponge. This is surrounded by six abbreviated inscriptions in praise of the Holy Cross.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1678 (Early Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.296",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Wood",
        "triptychs",
        "icons"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 15.5,
            "height": 21.6
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    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Open, H: 6 1/8 x W: 8 1/2 in. (15.5 x 21.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Orthodox Eastern",
    "style": "Post-Byzantine",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] Jesus from Nazareth",
        "King of the JewsJesus Christ ConquersThe Cross is the Beginning of the Mystery of FaithThe Place of the Skull Became ParadiseChrist’s Light Shines to AllBehold God’s Divine MiracleHelena Discovered a Pillar of PietyMonth of July",
        "1678"
    ],
    "dynasty": "Ottoman Dynasty",
    "reign": "Mohammed IV",
    "med": "carved wood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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