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    "localId": "96",
    "label": "Medal of Johann Friedrich, Duke of Saxony",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.668"
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    "id": "96",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.668",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Medal of Johann Friedrich, Duke of Saxony",
    "description": "Portrait medals of the 1500s usually show the subject in profile, attesting to the influence of Roman imperial coins; however, this three-quarter portrait is adapted from a painting by Lucas Cranach (1472-1553) who produced many fine works for the dukes of Saxony. The sword that the duke holds prominently, a symbol of his power, moves beyond the \"frame\" in a display of pictorial illusionism. Examples of this medal, commissioned to be given as gifts, could be worn from a chain or ribbon around the neck to declare allegiance to Duke Johann Friedrich.  Reinhart's medals are among some of the finest works of the German Renaissance.",
    "provenance": "Douglas H. Gordon, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1945, by gift.",
    "date": "1544 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.668",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Coins & Medals",
        "medals"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm) (w.)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "Signed: HR",
    "reign": "Johann Friedrich (AD 1665-1679)",
    "med": "gilded silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4494",
        "3838"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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    ]
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