Horizontal Table Sundial
dated 1593 | Erasmus Habermel
Measuring Time with the Help of the Sun Despite important new developments in the field of mechanical clockworks, sundials in a wide variety of models remained indispensable in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Most of the sundials on display here bear the signature of Erasmus Habermel, instrument-maker to Emperor Rudolf II. His works combine an artistic design with the most precise craftsmanship, thus making a perfect whole.
Measuring Time with the Help of the Sun Despite important new developments in the field of mechanical clockworks, sundials in a wide variety of models remained indispensable in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Most of the sundials on display here bear the signature of Erasmus Habermel, instrument-maker to Emperor Rudolf II. His works combine an artistic design with the most precise craftsmanship, thus making a perfect whole.
Artist:
Erasmus Habermel (gest. 1606 Prag) DNB
Time:
dated 1593
Object Name
Clock; scientific instrument; Sundial
Culture
Prague
Material/technology:
Gilded copper alloy
Dimensions:
Dm. 18,2 cm, H. 2,6 cm
Signed
"Erasmus Habermel 93"
Inscribed
"A SOLIS ORTV VSQVE AD OCCASVM LAVDABILE NOMEN DOMINI PSAL. CXII"
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 717