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    "localId": "9810",
    "label": "Intaglio of Zeus Gigantomachos",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1058"
}

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    "id": "9810",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1058",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Intaglio of Zeus Gigantomachos",
    "description": "During the contest between Zeus and the giants (the Gigantomachy), Zeus, shown in his chariot, tramples two giants in human form with serpent legs.  The prototype for this intaglio is a gem now in the National Museum of Naples.  Both are signed in Greek \"Athenion,\" the name of an ancient gem engraver.",
    "provenance": "George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, by 1817, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Marlborough no. 15]; George Spencer-Churchill, fifth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1817, by bequest; George Spencer-Churchill, sixth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1840, by bequest; John Spencer-Churchill, seventh Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1857, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 June 1875, p. 3, lot 15; David Bromilow, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, ca. 1875, by purchase; Julia Bromilow Jary, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, 1898, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems Purchased by the Late David Bromilow, esq., Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 26 June 1899, p. 4, lot 15; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1899, by purchase [Dikran Kelekian as agent]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by bequest; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5143a]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.",
    "date": "18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1058",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "intaglios (sculptural objects)",
        "pendants",
        "gems"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1058_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1058_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.6,
            "height": 4.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 7/16 x 1 3/4 in. (3.6 x 4.5 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Athenion",
    "med": "sardonyx",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6200"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_42.1058_Fnt_BW.jpg",
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