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Pietre Dure Night Clock
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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