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    "localId": "95322",
    "label": "Breast and Backplate from an Armor",
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    "id": "95322",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Breast and Backplate from an Armor",
    "date": "mid-1500s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1091",
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    "cul": [
        "Germany, Landshut, mid-16th century"
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    "tombstone": "Breast and Backplate from an Armor, mid-1500s. Germany, Landshut, mid-16th century. Steel. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1091",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 3, <em>16th century</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].",
            "page_number": "Breastplate Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (158) 161; Backplate Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (159) 162",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour3_201602/page/n300"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 27-28, A6",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n34"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1091",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:06:34.678000",
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