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{
    "localId": "25713",
    "label": "\"\"Antique\"\" Cameo with the Bust of Julius Caesar",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "sculpture",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.238"
}

{
    "id": "25713",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.238",
    "contentType": "sculpture",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "\"\"Antique\"\" Cameo with the Bust of Julius Caesar",
    "description": "Julius Caesar (101-44 BC) was honored as an icon of Roman military might and rule.  This cameo could have been made as an individual object or as one of the Twelve Caesars. The artist took advantage of the layers of red and dark green in the jasper for this relief (cameo) carving.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1525-1575 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.238",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Stained & Painted Glass",
        "gems",
        "cameos",
        "portraits",
        "busts"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.238_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.238_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.238_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7,
            "height": 5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/4 x W: 1 15/16 in. (7 x 5 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "jasper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "33562"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "REN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1994",
        "2506"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_42.238_Fnt_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "03b9edaa223555b3"
}