Wall clock (cartel) with movement of later date

Wall clock (cartel) with movement of later date

Jacques Caffieri

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This complicated and highly asymmetrical cartel clock incorporates imagery of Diana, goddess of the hunt. A master of rococo style, Jacques Caffieri was among the most important bronze casters during the reign of Louis XV. By royal privilege, Caffieri was allowed to cast and gild bronze objects in his workshop. According to strict guild regulations, these two processes were normally done under separate premises. The clock’s original movement has been lost.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.