Watch with the Holy Family and St John the Baptist
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1700 - c. 1720
Watch made of gold, with an enamel painting depicting the Holy Family and the infant John the Baptist. On the back cover are four medallions with enamel paintings. Inside the back cover is likewise an enamel painting. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15065; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 5.1 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; 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
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Dimensions
- diameter 5.1 cm · diameter 5,1 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 5.1 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Horloge met de heilige familie met Johannes de Doper
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15065
- Museum classification
- wrist watch · jewellery
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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, maker attribution and specifications against horological references.