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Source Description
Individual armor elements, like this breastplate, were shaped in ways that would make their surfaces as deflecting as possible. The contours of this breastplate, along with the pronounced vertical ridge down its center, were for precisely this purpose.
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Document identity
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96530
label
Gothic Breastplate
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Source metadata
id
96530
contentType
object
title
Gothic Breastplate
description
Individual armor elements, like this breastplate, were shaped in ways that would make their surfaces as deflecting as possible. The contours of this breastplate, along with the pronounced vertical ridge down its center, were for precisely this purpose.
date
c. 1485
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60778878
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Arms and Armor
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 50.5 x 35.8 x 15.8 cm (19 7/8 x 14 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
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South Germany or Austria
accession
1916.29
Source extras
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steel
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Gothic Breastplate, c. 1485. South Germany or Austria. Steel; overall: 50.5 x 35.8 x 15.8 cm (19 7/8 x 14 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.29
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
didYouKnow
This breastplate consists of two primary plates of steel fastened at the center by a rivet.
citations
citation
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page_number
Mention: p. 62, C4, ; Reproduced: Plate XII, C4
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. <em>Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor</em>. 2d ed., 1948.
page_number
Reproduction: p. 33
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page_number
162
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page_number
183
citation
<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
citation
Dobson, Christopher. <em>Alla Tedesca? :</em> <em>Italian ‘Gothic’ Armour and the Export Trade</em>. Sant’Albano Stura, Italy: Christopher Dobson, 2024.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 173; reproduced: p. 171, fig. 191
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:11:48.441000
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96530
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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steel
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