Detail View: The AMICA Library: Clock with Vestals
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.82.25
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Thomire, Pierre Phillipe
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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manufacturer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1751 - 1843
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Creator Name-CRT:
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attributed to Pierre Phillipe Thomire
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Creator Name:
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Sauvageot
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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manufacturer of clockworks
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Sauvageot
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Title:
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Clock with Vestals
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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about 1785
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Creation Start Date:
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1783
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Creation End Date:
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1787
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Materials and Techniques:
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marble, bronze, gilt
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Classification Term:
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mantel clock
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Dimensions:
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H.20-1/2 x W.25-1/2 x D.7 in.
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Component Measured:
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overall
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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82.25
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Credit Line:
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Gift of the Groves Foundation
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Inscriptions:
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INSCRIPTION
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Rights:
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Context:
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The form of this clock, with two vestals carrying an altar upon a stretcher, was inspired by an engraving by the painter Hubert Robert, published in 1771-73. This collection of Robert's engravings was dedicated to the queen of France, Marie-Antoinette, and an almost identical clock, made by Thomire, was made for the queen's bathroom in the Tuileries in Paris. Fifteen clocks of this design are known today, some with bronze or gilt bronze vestals and others gilt bronze or Sèvres porcelain plaques on the altars. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.999c.tif
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