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Severance, 1916.1723.b", "current_location": "210A Armor Court", "title": "Cranequin with Arms of Elector Augustus I of Saxony", "creation_date": "c. 1553\u201373", "creation_date_earliest": 1548, "creation_date_latest": 1578, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Germany, Saxony, 16th century"], "technique": "steel; etched, chased and gilded", "support_materials": [], "department": "Medieval Art", "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor", "type": "Arms and Armor", "measurements": "Rack: 34.4 cm (13 9/16 in.); Crank: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.); Gear housing: 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {}, "rack": {"length": 0.344, "length_inch": 13, "length_inch_fraction": 0.5625}, "crank": {"length": 0.27, "length_inch": 10, "length_inch_fraction": 0.625}, "gear housing": {"width": 0.142, "width_inch": 5, "width_inch_fraction": 0.5625}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 190103, "title": "Armor Court Reinstallation", "description": "<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).", "opening_date": "1998-09-10T00:00:00"}, {"id": 180667, "title": "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art", "description": "<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. 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