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David Roentgen: Long-Case Clock

Abraham and David Roentgen were renowned German cabinetmakers whose workshop was famed throughout Europe for its exquisite marquetry work and complex mechanical devices. Exquisitely constructed, the case of this clock boasts finely detailed marquetry designs and a multitude of functions, including dials that indicate the time in ten of the most important cities in the world.

This clock is featured in the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens (on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013). See Collections to learn more about this clock.

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The Finding of Moses

Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome)

Artist:: Intarsia by Fra Damiano da Bergamo (Damiano di Antoniolo de Zambelli) (ca. 1480–1549)
Date:: 16th century
Culture:: Italian
Medium:: Wood
Dimensions:: H. 36 x W. 32 in. (91.4 x 81.3 cm)
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession Number:: 12.130.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 503

Description

This panel was designed by Jacopo Vignola for the governor of Bologna and Renaissance historian Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540). With the coat of arms of Francesco Guicciairdini and his wife, Maria Salviati.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: On steps of palace: F [rater] Damianus Bergomen [sis] or [dinis] praed[icatorum] F[ecit]. MD.XXXIIII (Brother of Bergamo of the order of the Preachers [Dominicans] made it in 1534).

Inscription: On flower box, in lower right hand corner: INFANTVLVS MOSES IN SCIRPEA FISCELLA NILO COMMISSVS, REGIS FILLIAE ALENDVS EDVCITVR (the infant Moses, set adrift on the Nile in a rush-bakset, is brought to the King's daughter to be nourished).
Provenance

[ Lippmann (until 1912; sold to MMA) ]
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Who
Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (5)

Fra Damiano da Bergamo (Damiano di Antoniolo de Zambelli) (4)
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Wood (7,651)

Panels (2,843)

Woodwork (2,582)
Where
Europe (148,586)

France (52,276)

Rouen (4,081)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,257)
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