“Who controls time?” Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide on a longcase clock by Ferdinand Berthoud and Balthazar Lieutaud
Artwork in this video:
Longcase equation regulator
by clockmaker Ferdinand Berthoud
and case maker Balthazar Lieutaud
ca. 1752
Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, and Annette de la Renta, Mercedes T. Bass, Beatrice Stern, Susan Weber, William Lie Zeckendorf, Alexis Gregory, and John and Susan Gutfreund Gifts, in honor of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2015
2016.28a–e
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/687929
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“Who controls time?” Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide on a longcase clock by Ferdinand Berthoud and Balthazar Lieutaud.
Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide
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Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide
Henry R. Kravis Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Henry R. Kravis Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Clockmaker: Ferdinand Berthoud
Case maker: Balthazar Lieutaud
ca. 1752