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        "tombstone": "Life of the Virgin:  The Nativity, 1504\u20131505. Albrecht D\u00fcrer (German, 1471\u20131528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1922.293",
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        "title": "Life of the Virgin:  The Nativity",
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                    "id": 356765,
                    "title": "Seasonal Prints from the Museum Collection",
                    "description": "<i>Seasonal Prints from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 9, 1937-February 27, 1938).",
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                    "id": 346160,
                    "title": "16th Century German Woodcuts",
                    "description": "<i>16th Century German Woodcuts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-February 26, 1939).",
                    "opening_date": "1939-01-24T05:00:00"
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                    "id": 355082,
                    "title": "Exhibition of the Month: A Christmas Story - A Picture Sequence",
                    "description": "<i>Exhibition of the Month: A Christmas Story - A Picture Sequence</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1-31, 1943).",
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                    "id": 318307,
                    "title": "A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland",
                    "description": "<i>A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 22, 2019).",
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        "description": "This print depicting Christ\u2019s birth belongs to one of the numerous print series that Albrecht D\u00fcrer produced on religious themes. Here, the artist focused on everyday details of the Virgin Mary\u2019s life story to emphasize her humanity. D\u00fcrer revolutionized the technique of woodcut with such scenes, which told biblical stories with enough descriptive detail and skillful narrative staging to minimize the need for text. The textures, fine details, and perspectival space of his woodcuts surpassed any examples of the medium before him.",
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