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    "localId": "84217",
    "label": "Portrait of Shah Jahan",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.703.A"
}

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    "id": "84217",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.703.A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Portrait of Shah Jahan",
    "description": "This Mughal portrait set in an oval medallion, Walters manuscript leaf W.703, dates to the late11th century AH/AD 17th and represents the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (died 1076 AH/AD 1666). The portrait is comparable to other depictions of the ruler, including Walters W.700, which is inscribed with Shah Jahan's name, Shah Jahan Holding a Turban Ornament in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.78.6.15), and the relief portrait bust of Shah Jahan in alabaster housed in the Riksmuseum, Amsterdam (12249).",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal; Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.703.A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.703.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.703.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.703.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 26.5,
            "height": 16
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 10 7/16 x W: 6 5/16 in. (26.5 x 16 cm); Image H: 5 7/8 x W: 3 1/8 in. (15 x 8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Mughal Dynasty, Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS",
        "INT"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.703.a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ae105c7ef786ce24"
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