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Mantel clock ("Pendule Clio")

Clockmaker: Jean-André Lepaute French
Clockmaker: Jean-Baptiste Lepaute French
ca. 1766–70
Not on view
French eighteenth-century clocks are among the most lavish ever made, requiring the collaboration of clockmakers, bronze founders, gilders, and others. Lepaute worked with the renowned sculptors Clodion, Augustin Pajou, and Jean-Antoine Houdon, who probably made the models for this clock. Like the Pendule Uranie (29.180.2), the model for this clock is mentioned in Jean-André Lepaute’s 1766 publication and described as the Pendule Clio (Muse of History).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mantel clock ("Pendule Clio")
  • Maker: Clockmaker: Jean-André Lepaute (French, 1720–1789)
  • Maker: Clockmaker: Jean-Baptiste Lepaute (French, 1727–1802)
  • Date: ca. 1766–70
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Case: patinated and gilded bronze, and patinated copper (?); Dial: white enamel; Movement: brass and steel
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 24 3/4 × 19 1/4 × 10 1/4 in., 105 lb. (62.9 × 48.9 × 26 cm, 47.6 kg)
  • Classification: Horology
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Ogden Mills, 1929
  • Object Number: 37.160.10
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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