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    "localId": "96358",
    "label": "Gothic Fan-Shaped Pauldron (left)",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "96358",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Gothic Fan-Shaped Pauldron (left)",
    "description": "When the elements that made up a suit of armor had been forged, shaped, and polished, they were inspected for fit and finish. At this stage the master armorer would use a punch to stamp each element with his maker's mark. Other associated marks might include a town or guild mark, depending on the city of origin. The set of three marks shown here are of a type known to be Milanese. The upper mark seems to show three letters beneath a crown, while the mark below, twice repeated, is a split cross with the letters inside. These probably refer to the Missaglias.",
    "date": "c.1485–1500",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.2080.2",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
    "creators": [
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.2080.2/1916.2080.2_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.2080.2/1916.2080.2_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 21.5 x 25.2 x 14.8 cm (8 7/16 x 9 15/16 x 5 13/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy, Milan"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.2080.2"
}

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    "tec": "steel",
    "tombstone": "Gothic Fan-Shaped Pauldron (left), c.1485–1500. Antonio Missaglia (Italian, 1416/17–1495/96). Steel; overall: 21.5 x 25.2 x 14.8 cm (8 7/16 x 9 15/16 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.2080.2",
    "collection": "MED - Gothic",
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
        "1916.1613"
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "A pauldron is a component of plate armor that covers the shoulder and often the armpit, and parts of the back and chest as well.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, John Long Severance, Elizabeth Huntington De Witt Severance, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance;</em> 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland museum of art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "A1"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
            "page_number": "cat. no. 24, p. 163"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "p. 59, 183, cat. no. 12"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.2080.2",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:11:28.176000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.2080.2/1916.2080.2_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 96358,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Gothic",
    "med": "steel",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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