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{
    "localId": "95933",
    "label": "Breastplate with Etched Bands of Trophies and Medallions",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "95933",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Breastplate with Etched Bands of Trophies and Medallions",
    "description": "Shown here together is a <em>burgonet</em>, <em>buffe</em>, and breastplate all decorated with a technique known as etching. A burgonet is a light open helmet characterized by a peak, a fall over the eyes, and hinged earpieces. The face is protected by the addition of a buffe, a sperate detachable element worn with the open helmet that extends to the throat. It connects to the breastplate which protects the abdomen and is worn with a backplate.",
    "date": "c. 1550–1600",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1654",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60762622"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1654/1916.1654_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1654/1916.1654_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1654/1916.1654_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 46 x 34.7 x 15.9 cm (18 1/8 x 13 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "North Italy, 16th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1654"
}

{
    "tec": "etched steel",
    "tombstone": "Breastplate with Etched Bands of Trophies and Medallions, c. 1550–1600. North Italy, 16th century. Etched steel; overall: 46 x 34.7 x 15.9 cm (18 1/8 x 13 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1654",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "relatedWorks": [
        {
            "id": 96209,
            "description": "Buffe (etched with bands of trophies), c. 1550–1600. North Italy, 16th century. Etched steel; overall: 25.5 x 17.5 x 13.8 cm (10 1/16 x 6 7/8 x 5 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1930"
        },
        {
            "id": 95932,
            "description": "Burgonet, c. 1550–1600. North Italy, 16th century. Steel, etched; overall: 31.5 x 35.4 x 21.3 cm (12 3/8 x 13 15/16 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1653"
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "Etching is a technique where either the design or its ground is bitten into the metal surface with acid, the rest being protected by a protective wax or varnish.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 3, <em>16th century</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (157) 160",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour3_201602/page/n294"
        },
        {
            "citation": "\"Front Matter.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 5 (1918).",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: Front Matter",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136194"
        },
        {
            "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. 64, C10",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n89"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
            "page_number": "pp. 79, 163, cat. no. 31"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "cat. no. 25, p. 183"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1654",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:09:42.105000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1654/1916.1654_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 95933,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "etched steel",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1654/1916.1654_web.jpg",
    "mediaId": "07ace22012e89912"
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