Mantel clock 'Michelangelo'
Also known as: Mantel clock ‘Michelangelo’
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1849 - c. 1852
Inscription, on figure: ‘Michel Ange Buonaroti Scultore e Architetto Fiorentino’. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-2019-101; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique patinaed, gild; measurements height 81 cm x width 51 cm x depth 32 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
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- patinaed, gild
- Dimensions
- height 81 cm x width 51 cm x depth 32 cm · hoogte 81 cm x breedte 51 cm x diepte 32 cm
- Measurements
- height 81 cm x width 51 cm x depth 32 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Michelangelo klok
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-2019-101
- Museum classification
- clock
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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