Clock With Astronomical And Calendrical Dials — Gari Breg

Clock with Astronomical and Calendrical Dials

Discover this ornate 16th-century masterpiece clock featuring intricate astronomical dials, a testament to craftsmanship you can bring home.


Gari Breg (1946)

Otkrijte apstraktnu umetnost umetnika bez alternativnog imena (r. 1946), britanskog slikara poznatog po Color Field stilu i doprinosu posleratnoj apstrakciji. Pod uticajem Wu Kwong Yu, njegova dela su u velikim svetskim kolekcijama.

The Frick Collection (Њу Иорк, САД)

Откријте уметност и архитектуру у Фрик Колекцији – глобуларну зграду из Златне ере која се одликује шедеврима Вермера, Рембрандта и другима. Истражите европску уметност у дивном амбијенту Њу Јорка. Фрик Колекција, Нју Јорк Сити, Музеј Уметности, Вермер, Рембрандт, Златна Ера, Хенри Клеи Фрик, Европска Уметност, Портрети, Скулптура, Архитектура, Беоартс-Артс, Метрополитен Авеню, Шедеври, Фине Арти

The clock completed at the conclusion of an apprentice clockmaker’s long training was called a “masterpiece.” It was only after the guild’s acceptance of this expensive and challenging work that a craftsman could be qualified as a master and thus establish his own shop and sign his work. This clock, the earliest known signed and dated masterpiece, includes several astronomical and calendrical dials to provide time according to various systems. It is surmounted by a figure, possibly Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, technical skill, and invention, identified with the Greek goddess Athena. In her right hand, she holds a church bell, and at her side stands a rooster. Before mechanical clocks were invented, the bell’s toll and the rooster’s morning crow traditionally kept time.Source: Vignon, Charlotte. The Frick Collection Decorative Arts Handbook. New York: The Frick Collection/Scala, 2015.