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{
    "localId": "83862",
    "label": "Man on a Donkey",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.681.A"
}

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    "id": "83862",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.681.A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Man on a Donkey",
    "description": "Walters manuscript leaf W.681, this Safavid single-leaf drawing with opaque watercolor and illuminated borders depicts a man, possibly a mullah (religious scholar), riding a donkey. Attributable to the early 11th century AH/17th century AD, it is in the style of drawing defined by the school of the famous Persian artist Riza 'Abbasi (active AH 1001-1044/AD 1591-1592 to 1634).",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.681.A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.681.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.681.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.681.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 46.5,
            "height": 30.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 18 5/16 x W: 12 in. (46.5 x 30.5 cm); Image H: 6 x W: 4 1/2 in. (15.2 x 11.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "paper with opaque watercolor and ink mounted on pasteboard",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6747",
        "19307",
        "6741"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.681.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f0020d941667a4d7"
}