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Sfera celeste con orologio

1579
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 520
Creata per Rodolfo II, imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero, la sfera include un meccanismo fabbricato dall’orologiaio imperiale Gerhard Emmoser, che appose data e firma sull’anello del meridiano. Il movimento, che è stato in gran parte ricostruito, in origine faceva ruotare la sfera celeste spostando un’immagine del sole lungo la traiettoria dell’eclittica. Una lancetta sulla sommità della sfera indicava le ore ed un’altra il giorno dell’anno. La sfera, con le costellazioni magnificamente incise e la figura di Pegaso a mo’ di sostegno, fu fabbricata da un orefice di cui non si conosce il nome e forse da un incisore che lavoravano nelle officine imperiali di Vienna.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Sfera celeste con orologio
  • Data: 1579
  • Area geografica: Austria, Vienna
  • Materiale e tecnica: Cassa: argento, parzialmente dorato, e ottone dorato; meccanismo di movimento: ottone, acciaio
  • Dimensioni: 27,3 x 20,3 x 19,1 cm, diam. della sfera 13,8 cm
  • Crediti: Dono di J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Numero d'inventario: 17.190.636
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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