Watch with portrait of Friedrick Wilhelm, the Great Elector
Johann G. Racine|Jean-Pierre Huaud, known as the younger Huaud
case ca. 1688, movement ca. 1750
Medium
Case: painted enamel on gold; Movement: brass and steel
Dimensions
Diameter (case): 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Diameter (back plate): 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Classification
Horology
Culture
Swiss, Geneva case with German, Berlin movement
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number
17.190.1522
Tags
PortraitsMen
About the Artist
Johann G. Racine|Jean-Pierre Huaud, known as the younger Huaud (Swiss|Swiss) · 1748 |1655 –1748 |1723
Swiss, active Berlin, recorded 1748|Swiss, 1655–1723