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    "localId": "145011",
    "label": "Doorknocker in the Form of a Lion",
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}

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    "id": "145011",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Doorknocker in the Form of a Lion",
    "description": "Doorknockers such as this one were popular accessories for the homes of the wealthy during the Middle Ages. They are found in many different forms. The lion, symbolizing nobility, fortitude, and strength was highly favored.",
    "date": "1400s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.20",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79922767"
    ],
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        "Metalwork"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.20/1970.20_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.20/1970.20_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 15.3 x 4 cm (6 x 1 9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy(?)"
    ],
    "accession": "1970.2"
}

{
    "tec": "wrought iron",
    "tombstone": "Doorknocker in the Form of a Lion, 1400s. Italy(?). Wrought iron; overall: 15.3 x 4 cm (6 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John B. Putnam Foundation, 1970.20",
    "collection": "MED - Gothic",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "“Twelve Additions to the Medieval Treasury.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 59, no. 4 (April 1972): 87–111.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 104a-105a, figs. 39-40",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152426"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.20",
    "creditline": "Gift of the John B. Putnam Foundation",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:27:16.533000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.20/1970.20_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 145011,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Gothic",
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    "image_url": null
}

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