Gothic Breastplate
https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.29
Individual armor elements, like this breastplate, were shaped in ways that would make their surfaces as deflecting as possible. The contours of this breastplate, along with the pronounced vertical ridge down its center, were for precisely this purpose.
Artifact
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id
96530
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| citation |
citation
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| rights |
rights
CC0
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q60778878"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1916.29
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Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.29/1916.29_web.jpg |
|---|---|
| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.29/1916.29_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.29/1916.29_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Culture
South Germany or Austria
Technique
steel
Medium
steel
Genre
Arms and Armor
Department
Medieval Art
Relations
belongs_to