Picture clock with Alster panorama

作品描述

The Picture clock with Alster panorama, also known as the Coffeeparty on the Alster with view over Lombard Bridge to the city, is a picture clock or music box painting (Spieluhr-Gemälde) – an oil painting of a landscape scene with integrated mechanical clock, automata and music box – that is in the collection of the Museum for Hamburg History. 74 cm x 89 cm in size, it was made between 1827 and 1830 by an unknown group of artists and craftsmen. It was restored in 2012 by the museum and watchmaker Helmut Tüxen.