Clock
Baumgartinger (German)
c. 1750
Medium
carved and gilded wood, faience
Dimensions
97.8 × 59.7 × 37.2 cm
Classification
Furniture and woodwork
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1966.362
Tags
male
About the Artist
Baumgartinger (German)
**German, Franconia (active ca. 1485–1500)** was an anonymous artist from the Franconian region of northern Bavaria, Germany, renowned for his contributions to late Gothic graphic arts. Little is known of his early life or training, as details about many anonymous masters from this era remain undocumented. Franconia, with its vibrant artistic centers like Nuremberg, fostered a rich tradition of re...