Faith and Charity
If this clock model were realized in bronze, the serpent's tongue would indicate the hour on the revolving horizontal movement's band.
Artwork Details
- Title: Faith and Charity
- Artist: Félix Lecomte (French, Paris 1731–1817 Paris)
- Date: 1792
- Culture: French
- Medium: Terracotta
- Dimensions: 10 x 20 in. (25.4 x 50.8 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Purchase, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.312.3
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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