About the Artwork
Standing Clock
mid - late 18th century
Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (Maker) French, 1719 - 1791, master 1748 Noël Balthazar (Maker) French, active 1717 - 1786
Ormolu, enameled metal, glass, textile
Overall (clock): 30 1/2 × 18 5/8 × 12 1/2 inches (77.5 × 47.3 × 31.8 cm) Overall (base): 4 7/16 × 18 9/16 × 12 1/2 inches (11.2 × 47.1 × 31.8 cm)
Timepieces
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Rosenberg and Stiebel
57.237
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, on face: Noël Baltazar, Paris Inscribed, on the works, at back: Noël Baltazar
Ormolu stamp, on the side, on the upper right: S. Germain
Provenance
(Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, New York, USA)
1957-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Age of Elegance: The Rococo and its Effect. Exh. cat., Baltimore Museum of Arts. Baltimore, 1959, no. 109.
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Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain; Noël Balthazar, Standing Clock, mid - late 18th century, ormolu, enameled metal, glass, textile. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Rosenberg and Stiebel, 57.237.
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