Astronomical table clock

Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger German
 Signed by Caspar Behaim (Chasparus Bohemus) Austrian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 520


With its various dials illustrating calendrical and astronomical data, this highly complicated clock reflected the outstanding education of its noble owner. A ruler’s possession of precise technology, used to tell the time and trace the constellations, underlined his divine right to govern his subjects. Princely scenes of hunting—within the openwork of the dome—and the allegorical figures that weave around the case are as elegant as the intricate technological marvel within.

Astronomical table clock, Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger (German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597), Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron, German, Augsburg

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Astronomical table clock, Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger (German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597), Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron, German, Augsburg
Astronomical table clock, Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger (German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597), Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron, German, Augsburg
Astronomical table clock, Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger (German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597), Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron, German, Augsburg
Astronomical table clock, Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger (German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597), Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron, German, Augsburg
Astronomical table clock, Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger (German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597), Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron, German, Augsburg
Astronomical table clock, Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger (German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597), Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron, German, Augsburg
Astronomical table clock, Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger (German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597), Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron, German, Augsburg
Astronomical table clock, Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger (German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597), Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron, German, Augsburg
Astronomical table clock, Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger (German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597), Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron, German, Augsburg
Astronomical table clock, Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger (German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597), Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron, German, Augsburg
Astronomical table clock, Movement probably by Jeremias Metzger (German, ca. 1525–ca. 1597), Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron, German, Augsburg

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