Table clock in the shape of Atlas
Also titled Tafelklok in de vorm van Atlas
Pierre Louteau (voor–na 1)
c. 1603 - c. 1628
- Medium
- bronze (metal), silver (metal), glass
- Classification
- mechanical clock
- Dimensions
- height 19.7 cm x width 6.3 cm x depth 6 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
As a rule, Atlas carries a celestial globe, a three-dimensional map of the stars. A timepiece can also represent the universe, showing the movement of the stars. To enhance the engraving on the dial and foot, the furrows of the lines were filled with niello, a rich black alloy of silver, copper and sulphur.
