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Table clock of wood; square case on flattened ball feet, between two Tuscan half-columns
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 descriptionCredit lineTafelklok van hout; vierkante kast op afgeplatte bolpoten, tussen twee Toscaanse halfzuilen. 1650 - 1700. Pieter Visbach (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.