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Detail of a rhinoceros clock depicted in a painting by Laurent Pecheux potraying Maria Luisa de Bourbon-Parma, dated Parma 1765. See Clarke 1986 fig. 103, also Van der Ham 2022, fig. 57. - The rhinoceros clock was still in the Palazzo Pitti in 1805, described in an inventory with the maker's name as 'Pyerr le Roy' (Archivio di Stato, Floremce, Imperiale e Real Corte, 1298). Pierre Le Roy (1717-1785) was a well-known horologist. |
Pecheux 1765 Bourbon-Parma with rhino clock
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