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    "localId": "9243",
    "label": "Diptych with the Deposition and 2 Apostles",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.165"
}

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    "id": "9243",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.165",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Diptych with the Deposition and 2 Apostles",
    "description": "This carved ivory diptych contains two scenes set beneath vaulted gothic arches.  In the left panel is the deposition of Christ, whose body is supported by Joseph o Arimathea while the Blessed Virgin weeps in the background.  On the right panel stand two apostles, their right hands raised in adoration while their left hands carry books.",
    "provenance": "Ex-Coll.: Alfred Andre, Paris, April 23-24, 1920",
    "date": "14th century (Gothic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.165",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "diptychs"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_71.165_Back_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 9.8,
            "height": 5.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 3 7/8 x 2 1/8 in. (9.8 x 5.4 cm)"
}

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    "med": "ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229"
    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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