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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 Last Supper

Michiel Coxcie (Flemish, Mechelen ca. 1499–1592 Mechelen)

Artist:: Related to a 1523 print of the Last Supper by Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
Artist:: Related to an engraving of the Last Supper by Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?))
Artist:: Related to paintings by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels)
Artist:: Related to an embroidered orphrey by Barthélemy van den Kerckhove
Maker:: Woven by Unknown
Date:: 1540–45
Culture:: Flemish, Brussels
Medium:: Wool, silk, silver-gilt, silver thread (18-19 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.)
Dimensions:: H. 123 x W. 115 inches (312.4 x 292.1 cm)
Classification:: Textiles
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1944
Accession Number:: 44.63.4

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: (on guard, lower left corner; red or orange shield, BB in gold thread) Brussels mark; (in gold thread or yellow silk on right side guard, near bottom) Weaver's mark, unidentified
Provenance

Electors of Saxony, Dresden , church of the new palace (ca. 1554–1701?) ; Electors of Saxony, Brühl Palace, Dresden (from ca. 1701–at least the 1840s) ; Königlichen Gemäldegalerie zu Dresden (ca. 1855–ca. 1924?) ; Brought to the United States by Prince Ernst Heinrich, Duke of Saxony (ca. 1925) ; [ French and Co., New York (before 1935–44; sold to MMA) ]
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Who
Unknown (1,039)

Albrecht Dürer (955)

Marcantonio Raimondi (391)

Pieter Coecke van Aelst (24)

Michiel Coxcie (2)

Barthélemy van den Kerckhove (1)
What
Metal (59,364)

Silk (32,922)

Textiles (32,752)

Silver (14,056)

Wool (9,527)

Gilt (9,043)

Tapestries (2,187)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Belgium (1,232)

Brussels (289)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,257)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.
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