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rel="home" class="site-logo d-block"> <img src="/themes/custom/mfabootstrap5/logo.svg" alt="Home" fetchpriority="high" /> </a> <div> <a href="/" title="Home" rel="home" class="site-title"> Museum of Fine Arts Boston </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </header> <main role="main" class="padding-bottom-lg background-page"> <div class="overflow-hidden"> <a id="main-content" tabindex="-1"></a> <div class="region-banner"> <div class="region region-banner"> <div class="container"> <div class="order-1 order-lg-2 col-12 col-lg-9"> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockbanner-block-1" id="block-views-block-banner-block-1"> <div><div class="view view-banner view-id-banner view-display-id-block_1 js-view-dom-id-869fa23f66ce9848e2e89a1117ed89517a3a3f2eb77c8bfe8c6fd9b2262531a0"> <div class="views-row"><div data-history-node-id="1755" class="node node--type-page node--view-mode-banner"> <div class="background-primary-color"> <div class="container"> <div class="row space-before"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="field field--name-dynamic-block-fieldnode-breadcrumbs field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <nav aria-label="breadcrumb"> <h2 id="system-breadcrumb" class="visually-hidden">Breadcrumb</h2> <ol class="breadcrumb"> <li class="breadcrumb-item"> <a href="/">Home</a> </li> <li class="breadcrumb-item"> <a href="/collections">Collections</a> </li> </ol> </nav> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"><h1 class="space-after"> Provenance Research </h1> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="row g-0"> <div class="col-lg-10 offset-lg-1"> <div class="row"> <div class="order-1 order-lg-2 space-before col-12 col-lg-9"> <div class="region region-content"> <div id="block-system-main-block" class="block 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