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RELOJ

Watch. Culture: Swiss, Geneva. Dimensions: Diameter (case): 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Diameter (back plate): 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm). Maker: Watchmaker: Jean Rousseau (Swiss, 1606-1684). Date: ca. 1650-60.
Constantijn Huygens wrote to his brother, the brilliant mathematician Christiaan Huygens, from Geneva on January 5, 1650, that he had just bought a watch "á la mode" with a case of rock crystal that permitted a view of the movement such as one would see if the case were made of ice. Indeed, Geneva was well-known for its rock crystal watchcases made from a local source of the mineral. The movement of this watch has a verge escapement, and it is probably the product of the younger Jean Rousseau, a son of a master clockmaker in Geneva and the great-grandfather of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

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RELOJ

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Watch. Culture: Swiss, Geneva. Dimensions: Diameter (case): 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Diameter (back plate): 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm). Maker: Watchmaker: Jean Rousseau (Swiss, 1606-1684). Date: ca. 1650-60. Constantijn Huygens wrote to his brother, the brilliant mathematician Christiaan Huygens, from Geneva on January 5, 1650, that he had just bought a watch "á la mode" with a case of rock crystal that permitted a view of the movement such as one would see if the case were made of ice. Indeed, Geneva was well-known for its rock crystal watchcases made from a local source of the mineral. The movement of this watch has a verge escapement, and it is probably the product of the younger Jean Rousseau, a son of a master clockmaker in Geneva and the great-grandfather of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Technique/matériel:

Case: rock crystal mounted in gilded brass; Dial: silver and black enamel with gilded-brass hand; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel

Musée:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Fabricant:

Watchmaker: Jean Rousseau (Swiss, 1606-1684)

Crédit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Autorisations:

Modèle: Non - Propriété: Non
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Taille de l'image:

3852 x 4200 px | 46.3 MB

Taille d'impression:

32.6 x 35.6 cm | 12.8 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés:

ACIER • CRISTAL • EMAIL • EUROPE (CONTINENT) • GENEVA • LAITON • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • SWITZERLAND