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Table clock of wood; square case on flattened ball feet, between two Tuscan half-columns
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Table clock of wood; square case on flattened ball feet, between two Tuscan half-columns

Pieter Visbach (I) · 1650 - 1700 · sawing; cutting; glue; gild; engraving; nailed; bronze (metal); ebony (wood); pine (wood); wood (plant material); velvet (fabric weave); pear (wood); padouk (wood); brass (alloy); glass

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Wooden table clock. The movement is housed in a small square case on flattened ball feet, between two Tuscan half-columns. The spandrels are filled with openwork vine motifs. The case is crowned with a broken quarter-round pediment, with a vase on a pedestal in the middle. On the two parts of the pediment rest two children, with their backs to each other. The movement is marked on the back: "Pieter Visbach Fecit Hagae". According to tradition, the clock would have belonged to Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineTafelklok van hout; vierkante kast op afgeplatte bolpoten, tussen twee Toscaanse halfzuilen. 1650 - 1700. Pieter Visbach (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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