ca. 1622/27, Artist: 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.
Clock; scientific instrument
Prague
ca. 1622/27
Jobst Bürgi (1552 Lichtensteig - 1632 Kassel) - GND
Gilded copper alloy, silver, rock crystal
18,3 cm × 5,6 cm × 10,8 cm × 10,5 cm
Jobst Burgi Fe: (zweifach im Uhrwerk)
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer
Kunstkammer, 1116
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