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    "localId": "95324",
    "label": "Backplate",
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    "id": "95324",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Backplate",
    "date": "mid-1500s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1091.b",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1091.b/1916.1091.b_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 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.)",
    "cul": [
        "Germany, Landshut, mid-16th century"
    ],
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    "tombstone": "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",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour3_201602/page/n306"
        },
        {
            "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",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n34"
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:06:34.076000",
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    "dept": "Medieval Art",
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    "image_url": null
}

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