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"title": "Portraiture: The Image of the Individual",
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"title": "Treasury of the World: Jeweled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals",
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"title": "Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India",
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"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art (2/24/02-05/19/02): \"Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals\"",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
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