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Repeating Watch
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The scene of a company making music may have been the work of an Amsterdam chaser of French origin. Amsterdam craftsmen were specialized in small-scale depictions chased in gold. The maker of the watchcase, Thauvet Beslay, mounted the scene in a gold ajouré, or openwork, outer case. According to the text engraved on the open book, the scene is from Ovid’s guide to the art of love, the Ars Amatoria.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineRepeating Watch. c. 1725. Clarke & Dunster. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
