Clock Supported by Hercules

ca. 1580-1600 (Renaissance)

11.4 cm 26.8 cm 11.4 cm

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This important, elaborate table clock is by one of France's greatest timepiece makers. Its internal complexity is reflected on the delicately engraved silver dial with its indication of the current time, an alarm setting, and a calendar with the phases of the moon.The decorati...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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