Automaton in the Form of a Galley
dated 1626, Artist: Georg Burrer , (Drechselarbeit)
Automaton in the Form of a Galley
The belly of this warship contains a mechanism that rolls the galley over the table and causes the chained prisoners to row. The ship and its crew, carefully executed down to the finest details, was made in Stuttgart by two ivory turners and a clockmaker, whose names are conveyed by a contemporary slip of parchment inside the galley.
Object data
Object Name
Automaton; ivory carving; turnery
Culture
Stuttgart
Dated
dated 1626
Artist
Georg Burrer , (Drechselarbeit) (tätig in Stuttgart 1598/99 - 1627) - GND
Georg Ernst , (Drechselarbeit) (gest. nach 1634)
Christoph Schorkfel ,( Mechanik) (nachweisbar 1626)
Material
Ivory, brass, linen, silk, iron
Dimensions
51,5 cm × 84 cm × 33,5 cm
Signed
laut Pergamentzettel
Inscribed
"Georg Borrer von Stuggardt, Georg Ernst von Winsheim, Irer beidt Arweidt 1626" bzw. "Christ Schorkfel Urmacher Von Stuggart"
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer
Inv. No.
Kunstkammer, 4913
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