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Watch

ca. 1645–48
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 951
The decoration of this elaborately jeweled pocket watch includes a depiction of the young Louis XIV on horseback and a miniature with the arms of France and Navarre and the Orders of Saint Michael and the Holy Spirit. It was presumably made for the young king, and is one of the most important surviving watches of its period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Watch
  • Artist: Jacques Goullons (French, recorded 1626, active Paris ca. 1640–60, died 1671)
  • Date: ca. 1645–48
  • Medium: Case and dial of enameled gold; hand of steel; movement of brass, partly gilded, and steel
  • Dimensions: Diameter of case 5.6 cm
  • Classification: Enamels
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1244
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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