{"id":2965,"date":"2019-10-28T15:08:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T15:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/collezioni\/cupid-and-vestal-pendulum-clock\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T12:53:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T12:53:25","slug":"cupid-and-vestal-pendulum-clock","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/collections\/cupid-and-vestal-pendulum-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Cupid and Vestal Pendulum Clock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">CUPID AND VESTAL PENDULUM CLOCK<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">gilt bronze<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">This pendulum clock is datable to the Empire period, when the rigorously geometric lower structure, formed by a box placed on a larger base \u2013 sometimes centrally as in this case, sometimes to one side \u2013 was embellished by various fantastic figurations, usually inspired by the inexhaustible mythological repertory. This piece features a young laurel-crowned woman, probably a vestal virgin, who is about to play a diaulos, while Amore is arriving from above, cithara in hand. To the right side an arch, a laurel crown and a torch are placed on a half-column altar adorned by goat\u2019s heads from which festoons are hung; the latter motif is also repeated on the base, supported by two cupids in flight. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The dial carries the inscription \u201cHoriot a Paris\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">France, early 19th<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0century<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">cm 47,5X33<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1977,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"portfolio-types":[43],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/2965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-types?post=2965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}