ID: 700007373 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007373	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Night Clock (clock; Case hardstone mosaics by Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian...; 1704 - 1705; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 97.DB.37)

Note: The ebony case of this clock takes the form of a Baroque altar with a central panel flanked by columns and further framed by additional architectural elements.

Titles:

Night Clock (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

clock [300041575] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Measuring Devices (hierarchy name), measuring devices (instruments), <measuring devices for extent>, timepieces, <timepieces by form>)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1704 - 1705

Creator Display:

Case hardstone mosaics by Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian, 1652 - 1725) (Italian Artist); Woodwork by Leonard van der Vinne (Flemish, active second half of 17th century - 1713) (Flemish Artist); Bronze figures attributed to Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (Italian, 1656 - 1740) (Italian Artist); Mechanism by Francesco Papillion (Italian, active turn of 18th century) (Italian Artist); in the Galleria de'Lavori in pietre dure (Italian, active 1588 - present) (Italian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Foggini, Giovanni Battista (Italian sculptor and architect, 1652-1725) [500020988]

Vinne, Leonard van der (Flemish master cabinetmaker and intarsia artist, active mid-1600s to 1713) [500055819]

Soldani, Massimiliano (Italian sculptor, medalist, and goldsmith, 1656-1740) [500031392]

Papillion, Francesco (Italian clockmaker, active ca. 1700) [500055820]

Galleria de' Lavori in Pietre (Italian pietre dure workshop, active 1588 to the present) [500055416]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 97.DB.37

Other: Creation: Firenze [7000457] Firenze province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Ebony, gilt bronze, and semiprecious stones including chalcedony, jasper, lapis lazuli, and verde d'Arno

	ebony (wood) [300012055]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

	ormolu [300011048]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, plate (material), <plate by technique>)

	chalcedony [300011134]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral, quartz (mineral))

	jasper [300011151]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral, quartz (mineral), chalcedony)

	lapis lazuli (rock) [300011122]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

	ruin marble [300011365]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, carbonate rock, limestone, <limestone by pattern| texture or color>)

Dimensions: Object: 95 x 63 x 28 cm (37 3/8 x 24 13/16 x 11 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Baroque [300021147] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

furnishings (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	boars (species) [300250112]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order), Suidae (family), Sus (genus)) (AAT)

	parrots [300250076]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Psittaciformes (order)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Night Clock	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)