Template:Walters Art Museum artwork/doc

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{{Walters Art Museum artwork}} template is a specialization of {{Artwork}} template used for the description of images of artworks from Walters Art Museum and uploaded as a part of

Usage

{{Walters Art Museum artwork
|artist=
|title=
|description=
|date=
|medium=
|dimensions=
|location=
|references=
|provenance=
|exhibition history=
|credit line=
|inscriptions=
|place of origin=
|place of discovery=
|place depicted=
|notes=
|accession number=
|id=
|permission=
|other_versions=
}}

Parameters

Parameter name	Description	Default value	required or optional?
artist	Artist who created the original artwork. Use {{Creator:Name Surname}} with {{Creator}} template whenever possible.	blank field presented as: "Author".	optional
title	Title of the artwork. Skip and use description field if artwork has no title. Use Language templates when translating and boldface the original-language title, for example: {{en|''The Title of the Picture''.}} Many frequently used titles have Multilingual tags are available, like {{Self-portrait}}. {{en|Untitled, known as ''A Common Title'' or ''Another Known Title''.}}	empty	optional
description	Description of the content of the artwork (using multilingual templates like {{en}}). Often unnecessary in case of paintings when title is used. {{Depicted person}} template could be used to list depicted people.	empty	optional
date	Date of creation of the original artwork by one of the following ways: for simple dates use ISO 8601 format, e.g. "1234" or "2006-01-15" for "15 January 2006". The following formats are recognized: YYYY YYYY-MM YYYY-MM-DD for all other dates use {{date}} or {{other date}}	empty	optional
medium	(Alternative name: technique) Medium (technique and materials) used to create artwork. Use, when possible: {{Technique}} template multilingual Technique tags, like {{Oil on canvas}} {{Reproduction}} template to distinguish between the technique of a reproduction and of the original artwork	empty	optional
dimensions	Dimensions of the artwork: 1D (length), 2D (width × height) or 3D (width × height × depth). Please use {{Size}} formatting template, such as: {{Size|unit=cm|width=76.7|height=83.5}} <— gives Height<colon> 83.5 cm (32.9 in). Width<colon> 76.7 cm (30.2 in). or {{Size|in|30.2|32.87}} <— gives 30.2 × 32.87 in (76.7 × 83.5 cm), if sizes are given in inches Avoid using Language templates	empty	optional
location	Location within the museum	empty	optional
references	Books and websites with information about the artwork. Please use {{Cite book}} and {{Cite web}} templates.	empty	optional
provenance	Provenance (history of artwork ownership). Use {{ProvenanceEvent}}, {{Discovered}} and other similar templates.	empty	optional
exhibition history	exhibition history	empty	optional
credit line	Many artworks are gifts to the museums which are obligated to show such credit, like for example: Gift of the Friends of the Louvre Society, 1961. Not to be confused with credit line attributing the photographer required by CC licenses	empty	optional
inscriptions	Description of: inscriptions, watermarks, captions, coats of arm, etc. Use {{inscription}}	empty	optional
place of origin	Where the artwork originates from	empty	optional
place of discovery	Where the artwork was originally discovered	empty	optional
place depicted	If an artwork depicts a particular location, the location should be listed here	empty	optional
notes	Additional information about the artwork and its history.	empty	optional
accession number	Museum's accession number or some other inventory or identification number. Provide also link to museum database if available.	empty	optional
id	id used by the link to the website (also the Walters Museums' internal database ID for the artwork)	empty	optional
permission	license information. Common license tag(s), include: {{PD-art|PD-old-100}} <— file found on the web; artist died 100+ years ago Artwork: {{PD-old-100}} Photo: {{PD-self}} <— file self-made; artist died 100+ years ago	blank field presented as: "See below."	optional
other_versions	Links to files with very similar content or derivative files; use thumbnails or <gallery></gallery>.	empty	optional
author	In some cases author is a better option than artist. In other cases like for example manuscripts, work can have author, artist and scribe.	empty	optional
scribe	In some cases scribe is a better option than artist. In other cases like for example manuscripts, work can have author, artist and scribe.	empty	optional
publisher	In some cases publisher is a better option than artist, for example Japanese prints would have artist and publisher instead of 2 artists.	empty	optional
manufacturer	Manufacturer	empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Placement: At the top of the page

Relies on:
{{Artwork}}

Localization

This template is localized by utilizing MediaWiki namespace messages. These can be translated at translatewiki.net (current translations).

Example:

{{Walters Art Museum artwork
 |artist = 
 |title = 
 |description =
 |date = 
 |medium  =
 |dimensions = 
 |location = 
 |accession number = 
 |id = 
 |provenance =
 |credit = 
 |inscriptions = 
 |exhibition = 
 |conservation =
 |place of origin =
 |references =
 |permission =
 |other versions =
}}