67 Free Photos of Making Marvels: Science And Splendor At The Courts Of Europe

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Maiden cup (sturzbecher), Austria, Tyrol, c. 1580, ceramic, alabaster - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07090
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Vase, Meissen Manufactory, c. 1713-1720, hard-paste porcelain - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07015
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Crayfish automaton, by Hans Schlottheim, Germany, Augsburg, c. 1590, brass, steel, copper, enamel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07093
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Covered goblet, Germany, Potsdam, 1725-1735, gold ruby glass - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07011
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Cittern player automaton, probably South Germany, 1600-1650, gilt bronze and copper - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07088
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Unknown instrument, possibly a solar observation shield, Germany, probably Augsburg, 1600-1625, pearwood, glass, silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06990
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Standing cup attributed to Nicholas Pfaff, Bohemian, Prague, 1603-1610, ivory - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06938
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Ostrich egg ewer, by Hans Clauss I, Germany, Nuremberg, c. 1630, ostrich egg, gilt silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06905
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Aeolipile (steam blower), view 2, Augsburg or Prague, c. 1590-1600, bronze, silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07000
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Ivory piece by Lorenz Zick, Germany, Nuremberg, c. 1640, turned ivory, oil on parchment, textile - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07026
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Fountain with the Madruzzo family arms (Trento), Austria, possibly Innsbruck, 1650-1675, bronze, iron, copper - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07117
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Model for operating four hydraulic pumps, Italy, Florence, 1750-1775, beech, walnut, mahogany, metal - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07114
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Multifaced equatorial sundial, by Wolfgang Mayr, Germany, Munich, 1604, copper alloy, gilded and silver-plated - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06970
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Aeolipile (steam blower), view 1, Augsburg or Prague, c. 1590-1600, bronze, silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06997
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Astronomical table clock, Germany, Augsburg, 1625-1650, gilt brass and copper, silver, steel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07063
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Orrery clock by Louis Thouverez, Paris, dated 1790, gilt bronze, white marble, brass, enamel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06983
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Handstein, Hungary, Urvology (formerly Herrengrund), c. 1740, wood, silver, gold, copper, pyrite, quartz, amethyst, glass - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06900
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Western astrolab, by Tobias Volckmer, Salzburg, c. 1591, brass, silvered, gilded, and cold painted - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06981
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Unicorn (narwhal) cup and cover, Germany, Augsburg or Nuremberg, late 1600s, narhwal tusk, gilt silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06954
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The Draughtsman-Writer by Henry Maillardet, England, London, c. 1800, brass, steel, wood, fiber - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07127
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Ewer and basin with life casts, by Peter Kuster, Germany, Nuremberg, c. 1550, gilded and cold painted silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06910
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Animated painting of Saint-Ouen (tableau anime), France, 1759, wood, glass, leather, tin, iron alloy, brass - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07124
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Ewer and basin with life casts, by Peter Kuster, Germany, Nuremberg, detail, c. 1550, gilded and cold painted silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06912
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Astronomical table clock, Germany, Augsburg, 1625-1650, gilt brass and copper, silver, steel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07066
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Alchemical furnace of Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Germany, Dresden, c. 1575, brass, steel, chamotte - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07005
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Ivory piece with star in polyhedron, Germany, probably Dresden, c. 1600, turned ivory - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07024
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Cup and cover with flowered finial, made by John William, Elector Palatine, under court turner Georg Steiner, Germany, 1688, turned ivory - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07032
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Two spherical clocks by George Seydell and unknown master, Germany, probably Brandenburg and Hesse, 1650-1700, gilt brass, silver, steel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07049
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Saw clock by Isaac Ourry, Germany, Kassel, c. 1710, gilt brass, silver, steel, glass - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07075
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Turtle automaton with Neptune as vintner, by Leodegar Grimaldo, Germany, Stuttgart, 1626, wood, gilt silver, iron, tortoiseshell - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07085
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Astronomical clock with Orpheus frieze and astrolabe, Germany, probably Nuremberg, c. 1580, partially gilt brass, iron, steel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07069
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Order of the Golden Fleece, owned by Frederick Augustus II, Vienna, 1741, jacinth stones, diamonds, gold, silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06966
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Pair of nautilus cups by Bartel Jamnitzer, 2 of 2, Germany, Nuremberg, 1588, nautilus shell, gilt silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06917
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Pair of nautilus cups by Bartel Jamnitzer, 1 of 2, Germany, Nuremberg, 1588, nautilus shell, gilt silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06915
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Two spherical clocks by George Seydell and unknown master, Germany, probably Brandenburg and Hesse, 1650-1700, gilt brass, silver, steel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07048
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Grotesque wild boar, Caspar Beutmuller the Elder, Germany, Nuremberg, 1603-1609, coconut, gilt silver, cold paint - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06942
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Automaton in the form of a monk, probably Spain, possibly circle of Juanelo Turriano, c. 1550, hardwood, enamel, leather, metals, paint - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07103
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Mechanical painting with scene changes (tableau changeant), attributed to Antoine Watteau, France, 1710, oil on paper on brass - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07121
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Miraculous writing machine presented to Empress Maria Theresa, by Friedrich von Knaus, Austria, Vienna, iron, brass, bronze, paper, wood - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07112
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Automaton clock with pacing lion, by Daniel Lotter, Germany, Augsburg, c. 1619, partially gilt silver, bronze, ebony, enamel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07097
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Automaton clock in the form of an elephant, Germany, Augsburg, 1600-1610, gilt metal, silvered bronze, copper, steel, ebonized wood, enamel, glass - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07101
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Planispheric astrolabe, by Muhammad Zaman al-Munajjim al-Asturlabi, Iran, 1654-1655, brass, steel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06977
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Automaton clock with Bacchus figure and case, Germany, Augsburg, late 1500s, iron, brass, gilt copper, cold painting, opals, glass stones, leather - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07109
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Astronomical table clock, signed by Caspar Behaim, movement probably by Jeremias Metzger, Augsburg, 1568, gilt brass, iron - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07072
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Box with wheel-shaped lid attachment, possibly made by William IV, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, monogrammist E.R.R., Germany, 1649, turned ivory - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07018
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Seychelles nut vessel, Portugal, 1575-1600, Lodoicea maldivica nut, Capricornis sumatrensis horn, gilt silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06959
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Canister of nine pieces, made by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, Germany, 1610, turned ivory - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07029
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Emperor Hadrian, head by court workshop of Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor, Sicily, c. 1240, chalcedony, clothing, Sicily, c. 1600, gilt silver, gold - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06927
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Model carriage, probably South German, 1650-1700, limewood, cherrywood, leather, silk, felt, sheet silver, gold and silver wire, paper, horsehair, steel- Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06992
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Microscope by Claude Simeon Passemant, France, Paris, c. 1750, gilt bronze, steel, brass, shagreen, tinted parchment, gold tooling, glass, mirror glass - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06975
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Table clock in the form of an imperial double eagle, by Elias Kreittmayr the Elder, Germany, Friedberg, c. 1680-1690, silver, copper, brass, wood, iron - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07055
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Automaton clock with Bacchus figure and case, Germany, Augsburg, late 1500s, iron, brass, gilt copper, cold painting, opals, glass stones, leather - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07107
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Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, by Giovanni Battista Foggini, Italy, Florence, c. 1680-1682, marble - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07035
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Musical automaton clock, movement by Jan Carel Lambreghts before 1751, Antwerp, c. 1777, gilt metal, bronze, copper silver, cut glass paste, enamel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07045
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Mirror clock, movement attributed to Master CR, sides after designs by Matthias Zundt and Cornelis Bos, Nuremberg, c. 1565-1570, gilt brass & copper - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07061
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Heart-shaped flask owned by Archduke Ferdinand II, India, probably Gujarat, 1500s, Iberian mount c. 1580, tortoiseshell (Eremochlys imbricate), silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06920
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Turban snail cup with foot in the form of a dragon, Germany, mid 1600s, Turbo marmoratus, conch shell (Harpago chiraga), gilt silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06963
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Night clock, case by Galleria dei Lavori, movement by Francesco Papillion, Florence, 1704-1705, ebony, gilt bronze, pietre dure - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07052
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Musical automaton clock, movement by Jan Carel Lambreghts before 1751, Antwerp, c. 1777, gilt metal, bronze, copper silver, cut glass paste, enamel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07043
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Alchemical distilling stove of Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, attributed to Christoph Muller, engraving by Hans Jacob Emck, c. 1600, copper-bronze - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07009
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Alchemical table bell of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, by Hans Bulla, Prague, c. 1600, gilded metal alloy (electrum), iron - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07004
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Automaton clock in the form of Diana on her chariot, South Germany, probably Augsburg, c. 1610, ebony, gilt bronze, silver, iron, brass - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07058
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Cup and cover, made by Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, under Filippo Sengher, Italy, Florence, 1681, turned ivory - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07036
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Clock, case c. 1710 by Johann Andreas Thelot, movement c. 1760-1770 by Franz Xavier Gegenreiner, Augsbug, tortoiseshell, brass, pearwood, silver, brass, steel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07039
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Turban snail cup and cover, probably German, c. 1600, stand by Johann Joachim Busch, German, Mecklenburg, before 1753, Turbo marmoratus shell, silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06922
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Equation clock, made for Landgrave William IV of Hesse-Kassel by Jost Burgi and Hans Jacob Emck, Germany, Kassel, 1591, gilt brass, silver, iron - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07083
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Memorial to Frederick V, King of Denmark and Norway, made by William I, Elector of Hesse, Germany, Hanau, 1766, turned ivory, wood - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07021
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