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Sundial
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      Camillo della Volpaia
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      1542
    • Materials:
      boxwood
    • Dimensions:
      152x94 mm
    • Inventory:
      2488
    • Sundial (Inv. 2488)

Horizontal sundial engraved on a boxwood table. It is fitted with a magnetic compass for orientation and is set for latitude 43°44' (Florence). The gnomon consists of a folding brass wind vane. Signed by Camillo della Volpaia. Provenance: Medici collections.

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