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{
    "localId": "1349",
    "label": "Triptych Icon of Christ, Saint Nicholas, and Saint Blaise",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.408"
}

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    "id": "1349",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.408",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Triptych Icon of Christ, Saint Nicholas, and Saint Blaise",
    "description": "Fitted with two rings for suspension, a hook, and a hasp, this small icon can be closed and hung round one's neck as a token of piety and divine protection. Open, it can be used as a prayer image. Christ and two bishop saints, most probably Nicholas of Myra and Blaise of Sebaste, bless the viewer with their right hands. The Savior holds an open book with the words \"Come to me, all you that are weary\" (Matthew 12:28).",
    "provenance": "Purchased by Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "17th century (Early Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.408",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamels",
        "triptychs",
        "icons"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.408_Fnt_BW_H52.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.408_Fnt_BW_H52.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.408_Fnt_BW_H52.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.5,
            "height": 18,
            "depth": 1.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 15/16 x 7 1/16 x 3/4 in. (7.5 x 18 x 1.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Russian",
    "dynasty": "House of Romanov",
    "med": "tempera on wood, mercury-gilded copper alloy, and filigree enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6214"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "956",
        "3423"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_44.408_Fnt_BW_H52.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8037ea043bdd4b91"
}