Mantel clock (pendule)
Also titled Pendule
c. 1781 - c. 1782
- Medium
- bronze (metal), gilding (material), email, porcelain, brass (alloy)
- Classification
- mechanical clock
- Dimensions
- height 65 cm x width 48 cm x depth 17 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
In 1782 Grand Duke Paul of Russia, the later Tsar Paul I, and his consort, Maria Feodorovna, bought this expen-sive showpiece from the Parisian dealer (marchand-mercier) Dominique Daguerre. With its combination of splendidly worked gilt-bronze (ormolu) and Sèvres porcelain, this clock is a spectacular demonstration of the unrivalled quality of Parisian craftsmanship.
