Mechanical Celestial Globe
dated 1584 | Johannes Reinhold d.Ä.
Rudolf II and the Art of Timekeeping At his court in Prague the emperor promoted the close cooperation of astronomers, mathematicians and clockmakers. This resulted in pioneering works of precision engineering. The Planetary Clock was the first timepiece to depict the heliocentric planetary system while the Crystal Clock is the oldest extant timekeeping device with a second hand. Rudolf II acquired the Celestial Globe and the enamelled Table Clock in Augsburg.
Rudolf II and the Art of Timekeeping At his court in Prague the emperor promoted the close cooperation of astronomers, mathematicians and clockmakers. This resulted in pioneering works of precision engineering. The Planetary Clock was the first timepiece to depict the heliocentric planetary system while the Crystal Clock is the oldest extant timekeeping device with a second hand. Rudolf II acquired the Celestial Globe and the enamelled Table Clock in Augsburg.
Artist:
Johannes Reinhold d.Ä. (1550 Liegnitz/Schlesien - 1596 Augsburg)
Time:
dated 1584
Object Name
Scientific instrument; Globe
Culture
Augsburg
Material/technology:
Gilded and partially painted copper alloy, silver, enamel, wood, iron
Dimensions:
H. 53,8 cm
Signed
IO.RE.
Inscribed
"DEVICCA ANNO 1583"; "1584 FACTVM IN AVGVSTA PER GEORGIVM ROLL"
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 854