Watch, Jacob Wybrants, ca. 1640
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1640
Watch made by Jacob Wybrants (recorded 1635–78), dated ca. 1640, from Dutch, Leeuwarden. The museum records its materials as: Case: rock crystal and gold, partly enameled; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued.
Recorded dimensions: Overall: 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (3.8 × 2.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 17.190.1019; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Case: rock crystal and gold, partly enameled; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued
- Materials
- Case: rock crystal and gold, partly enameled; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (3.8 × 2.9 cm)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (3.8 × 2.9 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- Dutch, Leeuwarden
- Date recorded
- ca. 1640
- Maker recorded
- Watchmaker: Jacob Wybrants (recorded 1635–78)
- Museum attribution
- Jacob Wybrants
- Museum object name
- Watch
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 17.190.1019
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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