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Cartel clock

Swart, Janca. 1792

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

In 1788 the Felix Meritis Society moved into its own grand, Neoclassical edifice on Amsterdam’s Keizers-gracht, built to designs by the architect Jacob Otten Husly. This wall clock was made a few years later for the large anteroom on the main floor. Husly designed a variation of a French type. The little boy holding a scythe symbolizes Time.

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  • Title: Cartel clock
  • Creator: Swart, Jan
  • Date Created: ca. 1792
  • Physical Dimensions: hout
  • Subject Keywords: cultuurgeschiedenis, Amsterdam, Felix Meritis
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rijksmuseum

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