Astronomical table clock by Caspar Behaim (Chasparus Bohemus)|Jeremias Metzger

Medium

Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron

Dimensions

Overall: 14 1/4 × 8 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (36.2 × 21.6 × 14.6 cm)

Classification

Horology

Culture

German, Augsburg

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.190.634a–d

Tags

ZodiacMale NudesPegasus

About the Artist

Caspar Behaim (Chasparus Bohemus)|Jeremias Metzger (Austrian|German) · 1568 |1520 1584 |1602

Austrian, active 1568–84|German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597

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