Pietre Dure Night Clock
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Artwork Details
- Title: Pietre Dure Night Clock
- Artist: Case and hardstone mosaics by Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian, Florence 1652–1725 Florence)
- Maker: Woodwork by Leonardo van der Vinne (1659–1713)
- Artist: Bronze figures attributed to Massimiliano Soldani (Italian, Montevarchi 1656–1740 Montevarchi)
- Maker: Francesco Papillion
- Date: 1704-1705
- Culture: Italian, Florence
- Medium: Ebony, bronze (gilded), semiprecious stones (chalcedony, jasper,
lapis lazuli, verde d’Arno) - Dimensions: 37 3/8 × 24 13/16 × 11 in., 56 lb. (95 × 63 × 28 cm, 25.4 kg)
- Classification: Horology-Clocks
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts