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Festooned with ormolu (gilt bronze) swirls and floral swags, the clock required the collaboration of numerous specialized artisans. Its case, candelabra, and wall bracket were created by the eminent Jean-Pierre Latz, who was appointed <em>\u00e9b\u00e9niste<\/em> (furniture maker) to the king in 1741. The clock\u2019s eight-day movement was manufactured in the Flemish city of Ghent by Francis Bayley, possibly a member of the large London dynasty of clockmakers of that name. Opulent clocks such as this did more than tell time; they delighted the ear with music (six melody titles are engraved in the dial\u2019s arch) and dazzled the eye with dramatic scenes. Here the Greek god Apollo is poised at the top of the clock case to slay the serpent Python. The space between the clock and the wall bracket was cleverly used to suggest the beast\u2019s home, the cave of Mount Parnassus in Greece. In the triangular base are the faces of Zeus, symbolizing time, and Hera, presiding over marriage and childbirth. They are surmounted by two small coats of arms belonging to the Flemish bride and groom whose union the clock was probably created to celebrate.<\/p>\n","short_description":"An exuberant example of the French Rococo style, this sculptural wall clock epitomizes the extravagant era of Louis XV (r. 1715\u201374). Festooned with ormolu (gilt bronze) swirls and floral swags, the clock required the collaboration of numerous specialized artisans. Opulent clocks such as this did more than tell time; they dazzled the eye with dramatic scenes and delighted the ear with music.","dimensions":"147.3 \u00d7 64.8 \u00d7 53.3 cm (58 \u00d7 25 1\/4 \u00d7 21 in.)","dimensions_detail":[{"depth":53,"width":64,"height":147,"diameter":null,"clarification":null}],"medium_display":"Oak, tortoiseshell, kingwood, brass, gilded bronze, and glass","inscriptions":"Mark: \"Francis Bayley, Ghendt\"","credit_line":"Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund","catalogue_display":null,"publication_history":"Henry Hawley, \"Jean-Pierre Latz, Cabinetmaker,\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art<\/em>, Vol. 57, No. 7 (Sep.\u2013Oct. 1970): 226\u201327, cat. no. 14 (ill.).\n\nJohn Keefe, \"An Eighteenth Century French Wall Clock Attributed to Jean-Pierre Latz,\" <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago<\/em>, Vol. 70, No. 1 (Jan.\u2013Feb. 1976): 4\u20137 (ill.).\n\nJohn Keefe, <em>Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Art Institute of Chicago<\/em> (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1976), 151, cat. no. 252 (ill.).\n\nIan Wardropper and Lynn Springer Roberts, <em>European Decorative Arts in the Art Institute of Chicago<\/em> (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1991), 54 (detail), 55\u201356, 57 (ill.).\n\n<em>The Art Institute of Chicago, The Essential Guide<\/em>, 4th Edition, (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015), 132 (ill.).","exhibition_history":"Art Insitute of Chicago, <em>Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago<\/em>, Jan. 24\u2013Mar. 28, 1976.","provenance_text":"Ducs d\u2019Arenberg [Hawley 1970]; Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York, early 1960s [according to letter from Henry Hawley, Nov. 10, 1988; copy in curatorial object file]; Antenor Pati\u00f1o (1896\u20131982), Portugal [Hawley 1970]; Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1975.","edition":null,"publishing_verification_level":"Web Cataloged","internal_department_id":6,"fiscal_year":null,"fiscal_year_deaccession":null,"is_public_domain":true,"is_zoomable":true,"max_zoom_window_size":-1,"copyright_notice":null,"has_multimedia_resources":true,"has_educational_resources":false,"has_advanced_imaging":false,"colorfulness":43.424,"color":{"h":38,"l":45,"s":63,"percentage":0.011286981462792795,"population":102},"latitude":41.8794566826592,"longitude":-87.6231896504759,"latlon":"41.879456682659,-87.623189650476","is_on_view":true,"on_loan_display":null,"gallery_title":"Galleries 231-233","gallery_id":32536,"nomisma_id":null,"artwork_type_title":"Furniture","artwork_type_id":6,"department_title":"Applied Arts of Europe","department_id":"PC-9","artist_id":14830,"artist_title":"Jean Pierre Latz","alt_artist_ids":[],"artist_ids":[14830],"artist_titles":["Jean Pierre Latz"],"category_ids":["PC-9","PC-831"],"category_titles":["Applied Arts of Europe","Essentials"],"term_titles":["glass","furniture","furniture","gilding","clock","european decorative arts","animals","coat of arms","bows and arrows","clocks","floral motifs","gold (color)","men","script"],"style_id":null,"style_title":null,"alt_style_ids":[],"style_ids":[],"style_titles":[],"classification_id":"TM-76","classification_title":"furniture","alt_classification_ids":["TM-565","TM-1394"],"classification_ids":["TM-76","TM-565","TM-1394"],"classification_titles":["furniture","clock","european decorative arts"],"subject_id":"TM-9132","alt_subject_ids":["TM-12218","TM-10481","TM-12706","TM-12360","TM-12631","TM-11859","TM-10121","TM-12579"],"subject_ids":["TM-9132","TM-12218","TM-10481","TM-12706","TM-12360","TM-12631","TM-11859","TM-10121","TM-12579"],"subject_titles":["furniture","animals","coat of arms","bows and arrows","clocks","floral motifs","gold (color)","men","script"],"material_id":"TM-2453","alt_material_ids":[],"material_ids":["TM-2453"],"material_titles":["glass"],"technique_id":"TM-3887","alt_technique_ids":[],"technique_ids":["TM-3887"],"technique_titles":["gilding"],"theme_titles":["Essentials"],"image_id":"ce583554-7fac-705e-2130-ec94c1abb2e2","alt_image_ids":["d9f13327-b1f1-3a6f-f59a-0844acfaaab9"],"document_ids":["a0f85e4f-2a9c-f704-4d48-7dc91ff6a449"],"sound_ids":["a0f85e4f-2a9c-f704-4d48-7dc91ff6a449"],"video_ids":[],"text_ids":[],"section_ids":[],"section_titles":[],"site_ids":[],"suggest_autocomplete_boosted":"Wall Clock","suggest_autocomplete_all":[{"input":["1975.172"],"contexts":{"groupings":["accession"]}},{"input":["Wall Clock"],"weight":2475,"contexts":{"groupings":["title"]}}],"source_updated_at":"2026-04-13T16:19:21-05:00","updated_at":"2026-09-25T13:17:30-05:00","timestamp":"2026-09-26T15:14:12-05:00"},"info":{"license_text":"The `description` field in this response is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Generic License (CC-By) and the Terms and Conditions of artic.edu. 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