About the Artwork
Wall Clock
ca. 1740, with later movement
Jacques Caffieri
1678-1755
French
Unknown
Gilt bronze, enameled metal, glass
Overall: 41 5/8 × 15 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (105.7 × 40.3 × 18.4 cm)
Timepieces
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler
52.166
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Markings
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Engraved, in a cartouche, in the lower center: Caffieri Fecit
Provenance
probably Peterhof Palace (St. Petersburg, Russia)
purchased from (French & Co., New York, New York, USA)
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler
1952-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"Family Art Game." DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit Free Press, June 4, 1978, p. 25 (ill.).
Bulletin of the DIA 47, nos. 3/4 (1968): p. 46, p. 48 (ill.).
Ottomeyer, H. and P. Proschel. Vergoldete Bronzen: Die Bronzearbeiten des Spatbarock und Klassizismus. vol. 1. Munich, 1986, p. 115, no. 2.5.5 (ill.).
Important French Furniture, Clocks, Porcelain, Sculpture and Tapestries. Sales cat., Christie's. New York, May 8, 1991, no. 40.
Art Treasures of Russia, vol. 2. p. 170.
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case by Jacques Caffieri, Wall Clock, ca. 1740, with later movement, gilt bronze, enameled metal, glass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler, 52.166.
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