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        "tombstone": "Virgin and Child, c. 1440. Circle of Donatello (Italian, c. 1386\u20131466). Bronze with traces of gilding; overall: 9.5 x 7.6 cm (3 3/4 x 3 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1984.53",
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        "title": "Virgin and Child",
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                {
                    "id": 309849,
                    "title": "Year in Review for 1984",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review for 1984</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).",
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                "description": "Ellin Mitchell Works of Art (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1984.",
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        "description": "Plaquettes emerged during the Renaissance in connection with the revival of interest in ancient Greek and Roman coins and medallions. This small-scale devotional image provided a personal and private connection between the owner and the religious figures. The two small holes suggest that it may have been hung on a wall, and the child's foreshortened arms and slant of the Virgin's head could imply that it was originally placed above eye level.",
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                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1984.53-virgin-and-child"
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            {
                "citation": "Winter, Patrick M. de. \u201cRecent Accessions of Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts, Part I: Incorporating Notes on the Sculptor Severo Da Ravenna.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 3 (March 1986): 74\u2013138.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 74-76, fig. 1",
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