Automaton clock in the form of Urania, Muse of Astronomy

Paullus Schiller

Date

ca. 1620–30

Type

Automaton clock

Medium

Case: partly gilded and partly silvered brass, copper with traces of silver, ebony, and ebony veneer; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2015.76

Credit

Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, 2015