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"tombstone": "Breastplate, c. 1550. Germany, Nuremberg. Steel with etched figure kneeling before Crucifixion; overall: 31.3 x 35 x 20 cm (12 5/16 x 13 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1647",
"current_location": "210A Armor Court",
"title": "Breastplate",
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"department": "Medieval Art",
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"measurements": "Overall: 31.3 x 35 x 20 cm (12 5/16 x 13 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)",
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"current": [
{
"id": 401015,
"title": "European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)",
"description": "European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan). Birmingham Museum of Art (organizer) (July 1, 1993-July 1, 1995).",
"opening_date": "1993-07-01T04:00:00"
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"id": 190103,
"title": "Armor Court Reinstallation",
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"description": "Director of the Porte de Hals of Brussels",
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"description": "Frank Gair Macomber; Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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"date": "?-1916",
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"description": "This breastplate, lacking its tassets, is nonetheless a fine example of the superb sculptural forms achieved by Renaissance armorers. Its contours and glancing surface illustrate the extremes sought by both armorers and patrons in order to deflect projectiles such as crossbow bolts and thrusting lances. Embellishment was an important aspect of fine armor. This breastplate bears a fine etched decoration of a kneeling knight, possibly the armor's owner, before the Crucifixion. This may have created a kind of personalized devotional image for use in combat.",
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"citation": "Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 3, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (160) 163",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour3_201602/page/n312"
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"citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 63, C7",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n88"
},
{
"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
"page_number": "pp. 78, 163; cat. no. 30",
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},
{
"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
"page_number": "cat. no. 24, p. 183",
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