Clock with Wooden Case
dated 1572 | Jan Taborsky
Archduke Ferdinand II kept numerous devices for measuring time in his Kunstkammer, including this clock. It is among the earliest examples of its type. The dial plates show the hour, a mechanically driven astrolabe determines the position of the sun in the zodiac and the phase of the moon. A predecessor of the monumental clock from the Prague Old Town Hall may have served as a model.
Archduke Ferdinand II kept numerous devices for measuring time in his Kunstkammer, including this clock. It is among the earliest examples of its type. The dial plates show the hour, a mechanically driven astrolabe determines the position of the sun in the zodiac and the phase of the moon. A predecessor of the monumental clock from the Prague Old Town Hall may have served as a model.
Attributed to:
Jan Taborsky (1570 - 1575)
Time:
dated 1572
Object Name
Clock
Culture
Prague
Material/technology:
Painted wood, gilded copper, iron
Dimensions:
H. 112 cm, B. 80 cm, T. 51 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 543