HARDEL, LOUIS-MICHEL

HARDEL, LOUIS-MICHEL Paris Title: Bronze Clock with an Allegory of Sapientia. Date: ca. 1770–80. Designer: The model by Pierre-Antoine Foullet. Material: Bronze, fire-gilded or with a dark patina. Red marble. Dimensions: 30 x 31 x 11 cm. Mark: Inscribed “Hardel A Paris” on the dial and “Hardel Paris” on the back plate (Louis-Michel Hardel, active ca. 1750–1780s, Tardy no. 292). Description: On an elongated base, the figure of Sapientia, holding a tablet and a snake, stands next t

Category

Clocks and mantel clocks

Location

Cologne

Dimensions

30 × 31 × 11 cm