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{
    "localId": "9057",
    "label": "Cast of a Cameo with the Head of Emperor Augustus",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.515"
}

{
    "id": "9057",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.515",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cast of a Cameo with the Head of Emperor Augustus",
    "description": "This piece is a 19th-century cast of a Roman sardonyx cameo depicting the head of the Roman emperor Augustus in profile to the left.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd half 19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.515",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "intaglios (sculptural objects)",
        "casts",
        "cameos"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.515_Fnt_BW_H54.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.515_Fnt_BW_H54.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.515_Fnt_BW_H54.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.9,
            "height": 4.6,
            "depth": 1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 15/16 x W: 1 13/16 x D: 3/8 in. (4.9 x 4.6 x 1 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "glass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1994",
        "2506"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_42.515_Fnt_BW_H54.jpg",
    "mediaId": "3e9d190933c797ee"
}