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    "core": {
        "objectID": 110872,
        "objectNumber": "53.202.4",
        "primaryTitle": "Backplate",
        "objectName": "backplate",
        "dated": "1591",
        "classification": "Arms and Armor",
        "department": "European Sculpture and Dec Arts",
        "medium": "steel, gold, leather, copper alloy",
        "dimensions": "Overall: 16 1/2 × 14 1/4 × 6 1/8 inches (41.9 × 36.2 × 15.6 cm)\r\nOverall (waist): 18 inches (45.7 cm)"
    },
    "provenance": {
        "creditLine": "Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation ",
        "provenance": "1591, commissioned by Margravine Sophie of Brandenburg, Duchess of Saxony [1568-1622] for Prince-Elector Christian I [1560-1591] (Dresden, Germany);\r\n1591, inherited by Prince-Elector Christian II [1583-1611]; \r\n1611, passed by descent through his heirs, the Prince-Electors of Saxony (Dresden, Germany); \r\n1827, inherited by King Anton of Saxony [1755-1836] (Dresden, Germany);\r\n1832, transferred with the contents of the royal and electoral armory to the Königliches Historisches Museum (Dresden, Germany);\r\n1925, sold to William Randolph Hearst (New York, New York, USA);\r\n1951, by bequest to the William Randolph Hearst Foundation (New York, New York, USA);\r\n1953, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)\r\n",
        "signed": "",
        "inscribed": "Inscribed, in yellow paint on interior, upper right: 9",
        "markings": "Stamped, at center small of back: inspection mark of Augsburg armorers’ guild [a fir cone upon a pedestal] \r\n\r\nPunched, at center small of back: assembly mark [three dots]"
    },
    "creators": [
        {
            "displayName": "Anton Peffenhauser",
            "role": "Artist",
            "nationality": "German",
            "bio": "German, Augsburg, ca. 1525 - 1603"
        }
    ],
    "rights": [
        {
            "type": "Public Domain",
            "copyright": "",
            "creditLineRepro": "Anton Peffenhauser, Backplate, 1591, steel, gold, leather, copper alloy. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation, 53.202.4."
        }
    ],
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    "terms": [
        {
            "name": "cabled fluting",
            "type": "subject"
        },
        {
            "name": "edging and surfacing patterns",
            "type": "subject"
        },
        {
            "name": "scrollwork",
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        },
        {
            "name": "steel",
            "type": "support"
        },
        {
            "name": "leather",
            "type": "material"
        },
        {
            "name": "copper alloy",
            "type": "material"
        },
        {
            "name": "gold",
            "type": "material"
        },
        {
            "name": "armor",
            "type": "work type"
        },
        {
            "name": "embossed",
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            "name": "foliate",
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        },
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        "museum": "Detroit Institute of Arts",
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    }
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