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    "localId": "7391",
    "label": "Capital with Acanthus Leaves",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.582"
}

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    "id": "7391",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.582",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Capital with Acanthus Leaves",
    "description": "This capital's acanthus-leaf decoration is an abstract interpretation of the Corinthian capital used in Greek and Roman architecture. It is accented by a geometric pattern of drill holes. The carving is from a church in Avignon, Provence, where a preference for foliate capitals over figural ones may be partly explained by the survival of many Roman buildings in that region.",
    "provenance": "Owned by Paul Grigaut. Acquired by Sloan's Art Galleries, Washington, D. C.; purchased by Walters Art Museum, November, 1973.",
    "date": "12th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.582",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "capitals"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.582_Fnt_BW_H73.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 27.5,
            "height": 26.1,
            "depth": 27
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 10 13/16 x W: 10 1/4 x D: 10 5/8 in. (27.5 x 26.1 x 27 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "French",
    "style": "Romanesque",
    "med": "marble",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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}