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{
    "localId": "96360",
    "label": "Cranequin",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "96360",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Cranequin",
    "description": "Bows made of composite materials were developed during the 1400s. They were immensely powerful and could be spanned only with the aid of a winder called a cranequin like the one seen here.",
    "date": "c. 1480–1500",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.2082",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60779796"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.2082/1916.2082_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.2082/1916.2082_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.2082/1916.2082_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Rack: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); Crank: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); Gear housing: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "France(?)"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.2082"
}

{
    "tec": "steel and brass; incised decoration; pierced traceried Gothic windows",
    "tombstone": "Cranequin, c. 1480–1500. France(?). Steel and brass; incised decoration; pierced traceried Gothic windows; rack: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); crank: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); gear housing: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.2082",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "relatedWorks": [
        {
            "id": 95988,
            "description": "Crossbow, c. 1460–70. Germany. Wood (walnut?) inlaid with bone; horn; iron and steel; composite bow (horn and parchment); overall: 87 cm (34 1/4 in.); bow: 74.5 cm (29 5/16 in.); butt: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1725"
        }
    ],
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
        "1916.1725a"
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "The mark, made of inlaid copper, is currently unidentified.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Museum of Fine Arts, <em>Boston. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Arms and Armor: [Exhibition] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Summer, 1899.</em> Boston: The Museum, 1899.",
            "page_number": "Cat. No. 509"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N<em>. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
            "page_number": "p. 133, 173, no. 205"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "cat. no. 209, p. 193"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.2082",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:11:33.015000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.2082/1916.2082_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 96360,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "steel and brass; incised decoration; pierced traceried Gothic windows",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.2082/1916.2082_web.jpg",
    "mediaId": "c0b76af8d8e74109"
}