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    "localId": "32052",
    "label": "Samson Wrestling with the Lion",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.433"
}

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    "id": "32052",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.433",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Samson Wrestling with the Lion",
    "description": "The Old Testament hero Samson, infused by the spirit of the Lord, attacks and kills a lion with his bare hands (Judges 14). The artist mixes subtle detail with complex movement and form to intrigue the viewer's eye; the visual dynamism of the encounter is intensified by the remarkably parallel forms of Samson and the lion, whose claws tear into Samson's flesh, drawing blood.",
    "provenance": "Jacques Seligmann, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1620-1640 (Baroque)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.433",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "sculpture (visual works)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 19.5,
            "height": 33.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "7 11/16 x 13 1/4 in. (19.5 x 33.7 cm)"
}

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    "med": "ivory, ebony base",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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