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Alarm Watch with Juno
(Baroque Europe )
Typical of the fancy watches produced before the era of enamel, this delicately engraved oval case is embellished with the graceful figures of the goddess Juno with her peacock on the front and Diana, virgin goddess of the hunt, on the back. The designs are copied from engravings by Étienne Delaune (1519-1583), a French goldsmith and designer, who created prints as models for craftsmen unskilled in drawing figures.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Blois (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 1/16 × W: 1 7/8 × D: 1 in. (7.8 × 4.7 × 2.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
58.79