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METPublic domain
Automaton clock in the form of the Madonna and Child
Nikolaus Schmidt the Elder
- Date
- ca. 1620–25
- Type
- Automaton clock
- Medium
- Case: gilded brass, silver, and ebony veneered on oak; Movement: brass and iron
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object number
- 29.52.13
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, 1929
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