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{
    "localId": "7426",
    "label": "Intaglio with Laureate Bust of Volusian",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.165"
}

{
    "id": "7426",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.165",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Intaglio with Laureate Bust of Volusian",
    "description": "This intaglio depicts a bust of the Roman emperor Volusian (r. 251-253 CE) in profile to the left and wearing a laurel wreath.",
    "provenance": "Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, London, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Carmichael sale, Sotheby's, London, 1926, p. 41, no. 366 (537); Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1926, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid-late 3rd century CE (Roman Imperial)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.165",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "intaglios (sculptural objects)",
        "finger rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.165_Impr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.165_Impr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.165_Impr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.9,
            "height": 1.7,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H of intaglio with setting: 3/4 x 5/8 x 1/8 in. (1.94 x 1.66 x 0.35 cm); Diam of ring: 7/8 in. (2.26 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "green agate, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_42.165_Impr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8d450faaefc97857"
}