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Gondelautomat, Automat, Tafelaufsatz

um 1600

 

 

Gondelautomat, Automat, Tafelaufsatz

The gilded bronze
gondola has a mechanism that makes it move. If it’s wound up it runs in a range
of a square meter changing its direction in an angle of 90 degrees with every
stroke of the gondoliere. The gentleman bends towards the lady who is playing
the lute, tapping her on the shoulder and lifting his other hand slowly.

Location: Schloss Ambras Innsbruck Unterschloss, Kunstkammer

Object data

Object Name

Gondelautomat, Automat, Tafelaufsatz

Culture

Augsburg

Dated

um 1600

Material

Bronze, vergoldet, Holz, Leinen, Seide, Goldborten, Perlen

Dimensions

H. 37 cm, L. 72 cm

Image rights

Schloss Ambras Innsbruck

Inv. No.

Schloss Ambras Innsbruck, PA 386

Provenance

fraglich im Nachlassinventar Erzherzog Ferdinands II. 1596 nachweisbar: "Ain Venedigisch gundele, darinnen ain magnifico sict mit ainer laten sambt ainer cortesana, so ain hindl auf der schosz helt, uberal mit golt ziert" (Boeheim 1888, fol. 554r)

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