So-called Viennese Crystal Clock
ca. 1622/27 | Jobst Bürgi
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:
Jobst Bürgi (1552 Lichtensteig - 1632 Kassel) DNB
Time:
ca. 1622/27
Object Name
Clock; scientific instrument
Culture
Prague
Material/technology:
Gilded copper alloy, silver, rock crystal
Dimensions:
18,3 cm × 5,6 cm × 10,8 cm × 10,5 cm
Signed
Jobst Burgi Fe: (zweifach im Uhrwerk)
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 1116