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    "localId": "8375",
    "label": "Pendant with the Virgin and Child in Glory",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1991"
}

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    "id": "8375",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1991",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pendant with the Virgin and Child in Glory",
    "description": "The depiction of the Virgin and Child in Glory within an aureole (large almond-shaped halo) of roses evoked for contemporaries both a well-known image from the book of Revelation interpreted as the Virgin's triumph over evil and the rosary. The ring at the top is for a chain, while that at the bottom is for a pendant pearl.",
    "provenance": "Collection of Melvin Gutman Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 24, 1969, lot 11; Blumka Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1970, by purchase.",
    "date": "1500-1550 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1991",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "pendants"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1991_Fnt_TR_C79.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12,
            "height": 5.5,
            "depth": 1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 3/4 × W: 2 3/16 × D: 3/8 in. (12 × 5.5 × 1 cm)"
}

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    "med": "partially gilded silver",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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        "REN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_57.1991_Fnt_TR_C79.jpg",
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