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{
    "localId": "97032",
    "label": "Gothic Breastplate",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "97032",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Gothic Breastplate",
    "description": "A breastplate is an element of armor that protects the chest and abdomen; it would have been worn with a now missing backplate. Nuremburg was one of the chief armor production centers and gained international renown; armor produced there was exported throughout Europe. It was not a coincidence that Nuremburg was known for its armor. The ore available in the region made Nuremburg an iron producing center close to the raw material needed to make a better quality and reliable product.",
    "date": "c. 1540",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.684",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60779251"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.684/1916.684_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.684/1916.684_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.684/1916.684_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 32.4 x 31.4 cm (12 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Germany"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.684"
}

{
    "tec": "steel",
    "tombstone": "Gothic Breastplate, c. 1540. Germany. Steel; overall: 32.4 x 31.4 cm (12 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.684",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "didYouKnow": "If you are looking for this in the armor court make sure to look up; it is displayed as part of a panoply, or display with other arms.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.",
            "page_number": "cat. 343",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Hôtel des Ventes, Beauvais. <em>Catalogue des armes &amp; armures, habit de Mestre de Camp composant la collection de M. le Marquis de Belleval et de Licques. </em>Jan 21-23, 1901. Lot 17.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 9, lot 17",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/Belleval/page/n15"
        },
        {
            "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: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 62, C5",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n88"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
            "page_number": "162, cat. no. 9"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "183, cat. no. 21"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.684",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "galleryDonorText": "Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Armor Court",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:13:35.904000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.684/1916.684_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 97032,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "steel",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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