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Document identity
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95324
label
Backplate
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
95324
contentType
object
title
Backplate
date
mid-1500s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60778652
genreSpecific
Arms and Armor
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 41.3 x 35.9 x 17.4 cm (16 1/4 x 14 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
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Germany, Landshut, mid-16th century
accession
1916.1091.b
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Backplate, mid-1500s. Germany, Landshut, mid-16th century. Steel; overall: 41.3 x 35.9 x 17.4 cm (16 1/4 x 14 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1091.b
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
formerAccessionNumbers
1916.1091a
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. (159) 162
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. 27-28, A6
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:06:34.076000
sourceId
95324
dept
Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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steel
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1
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0
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