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    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      Giovan Battista Asini
    • Place:
      Italian
    • Date:
      1722
    • Materials:
      slate
    • Dimensions:
      286x286 mm
    • Inventory:
      122
    • Horizontal dial (Inv. 122)

This nearly square sundial comprises four dials, one in each angle. At the center is engraved a large windrose. The markings are in Dutch, but the signature is in Latin (EQUES JO:BAP: ASINI FECIT 1522). The date 1522 should read 1722. We have no information about the maker, Giovan Battista Asini.

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