Watch with the Meeting and Farewell of Dido and Aeneas
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1640 - c. 1660
Watch with enamel paintings depicting classical love stories, the meeting and farewell of Dido and Aeneas. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15074; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4 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 4 cm · diameter 4 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 4 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Horloge met de ontmoeting en het afscheid van Dido en Aeneas
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15074
- Museum classification
- jewellery · wrist watch
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.