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Sundial
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      Camillo della Volpaia [attr.]
    • Place:
      Italian
    • Date:
      1542
    • Materials:
      boxwood
    • Dimensions:
      177x84 mm
    • Inventory:
      2487
    • Sundial (Inv. 2487)
    • Sundial (Inv. 2487)

Horizontal dial engraved on a rectangular boxwood table. It is fitted with a magnetic compass for orientation. Underneath the compass is painted a map of Italy. The folding brass gnomon is in the shape of a angel. Along the rim of the table is inscribed a motto, in Italian, referring to the flight of time and to the truth of faith. The construction characteristics suggest its attribution to Camillo della Volpaia.

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