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Automaton clock in the form of an eagle

Automaton clock in the form of an eagle. Culture: German, Augsburg. Dimensions: Overall: 13 1/4 × 9 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (33.7 × 23.2 × 19.4 cm). Date: ca. 1630. European clocks were often, and from the outset, associated with the creation of automata--moving, mechanized figures or contrivances. Seventeenth-century Augsburg clockmakers specialized in small domestic examples. Here, when the clock strikes the hour, the scepter moves, and on the quarter hours the eagle opens and shuts its beak and rolls its eyes. The eagle emblem of the Habsburgs had special meaning for inhabitants of Augsburg, a free city with a direct allegiance to the Habsburg Holy Roman emperors.
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Título: Automaton clock in the form of an eagle
Descripción: Ver traducción automática
 Automaton clock in the form of an eagle. Culture: German, Augsburg. Dimensions: Overall: 13 1/4 × 9 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (33.7 × 23.2 × 19.4 cm). Date: ca. 1630. European clocks were often, and from the outset, associated with the creation of automata--moving, mechanized figures or contrivances. Seventeenth-century Augsburg clockmakers specialized in small domestic examples. Here, when the clock strikes the hour, the scepter moves, and on the quarter hours the eagle opens and shuts its beak and rolls its eyes. The eagle emblem of the Habsburgs had special meaning for inhabitants of Augsburg, a free city with a direct allegiance to the Habsburg Holy Roman emperors.
Técnica/material: Case: gilded brass on base of ebony and ebony veneered on fruitwood; Movement: brass and iron
Museo: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédito: Album
Autorizaciones: ? Cesión de modelo: No - ? Cesión de propiedad: No
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Tamaño imagen: 3218 × 4282 px | 39.4 MB
Tamaño impresión: 27.2 × 36.3 cm | 1266.9 × 1685.8 in (300 dpi)
Palabras clave: ALEACIÓN DE COBRE • ALEACIÓN DE HIERRO • ALEMANIA • AUSBURGO • BAYERN (EMBARCACION) • DORADO • ESCULTURA EUROPEA Y ARTES DECORATIVAS • EUROPA • HIERRO • HOROLOGIA • LATON • MADERA • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA