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| Keywords: Antoine Arlaud - Clock Supported by Hercules - Walters 58239.jpg This important elaborate table clock is by one of France's greatest timepiece makers Its internal complexity is reflected on the delicately engraved silver dial with its indication of the current time an alarm setting and a calendar with the phases of the moon The decoration includes both fine piercing and engraved figural designs including an elderly Father Time with his hourglass and staff accompanied by the personifications of the four Seasons Hercules wearing a lion's skin supports the clock on his head and arms referring to the myth in which Hercules takes Atlas' place in holding up the universe Atop the clock is a second small figurine of Hercules with a club The clock itself stands for the revolving heavens; in the 1500s and 1600s clocks with their many turning regulated wheelworks were seen as mechanical models representing the circular motions of the universe ca 1580 1600 Renaissance gilded brass silver steel and brass movement cm 26 8 accession number 58 239 20029 Henry Walters Baltimore 1928 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Geneva Switzerland Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Antoine Arlaud Renaissance clocks Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures of Hercules | ||||
