id:			95983
accession number:	1916.1720
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1720
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:11.603000

Gothic Breastplate , late 1400s. South Germany or Austria, Innsbruck, late 15th century. Steel; overall: 53.2 x 35.2 x 16.3 cm (20 15/16 x 13 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1720

title:				Gothic Breastplate 
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creation date:			late 1400s
creation date earliest:		1475
creation date latest:		1500
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	South Germany or Austria, Innsbruck, late 15th century
technique:	steel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
find spot:	
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 53.2 x 35.2 x 16.3 cm (20 15/16 x 13 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Thill, Vienna
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	Frank Gair Macomber; Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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fun fact:
As a result of the introduction of plate armor, the shield became superfluous and gradually disappeared from use.

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wall description:
This elegantly constructed breastplate consists of two primary plates of steel fastened at center by a rivet. The lower plate is embellished with a border of embossed flutes that converge upward and terminate in a fleur-de-lys. The pair of rivet holes in the upper right breast accommodated a lance rest, now lost.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 61, C2; Reproduced: Plate XII, C2
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n86

	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
	url:		https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n39

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	p. 46, 164; cat. no. 32
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	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
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IMAGES

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