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    "localId": "2304",
    "label": "Close Helmet of the \"\"Maximilian\"\" Style",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.465"
}

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    "id": "2304",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.465",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Close Helmet of the \"\"Maximilian\"\" Style",
    "description": "A close helmet encloses the head (as opposed to a sallet). This type combines the rounded Italian shape with the crisp, vertical fluting, crest, and corded borders that evolved from German late-medieval armor. The fluting deflected projectiles and made the plate stronger without adding weight. At 5 lb. 11.7 oz., this piece is not heavy for a close helmet.The style is associated with Emperor Maximilian I (reigned 1493-1519), Archduke Albert's famous ancestor, who was keenly interested in improving armor technology.",
    "provenance": "Sale, American Art Association, New York, November 19, 1921, no. 307;  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921 [mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1520-1525 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.465",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "helmets"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_51.465_3Qtr_TR_T01IV.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_51.465_3Qtr_TR_T01IV.jpg",
    "imageCount": 15,
    "pageCount": 15,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 31.6,
            "height": 23.2,
            "depth": 33
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "12 7/16 x 9 1/8 x 13 in. (31.6 x 23.2 x 33 cm)"
}

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    "med": "steel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ARM",
        "BAR"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS4_51.465_FntVwA_DD_AT19_2-tms.jpg",
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