Picture clock with Alster panorama
The Picture clock with Alster Panorama (German: Bilderuhr mit Alsterpanorama) also known as Coffeeparty on the Alster with view to Lombardbridge over the city is an oil painting with integrated mechanical clock, automata, and music box in the collection of the Hamburg Museum.[1] 74 x 89cm in size, It was made between 1827 and 1830 by unknown artist or workshop[2] and was restored by the museum in 2012.
The painting shows a group near the banks of the Außenalster lake in the foreground with the Lombardsbrücke (Lombard Bridge) and city of Hamburg in the background. Near the centre of the painting is the spire of St Peter's church which features a working clock. Other moving elements on the scene include:
- a rotating windmill
- a fisherman's rod
- children throwing a ball back and forth
- a harpist playing
- boats moving on the lake
- traffic on the Lombard bridge
- A person's foot tapping to the music
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 Die Bilderuhr mit beweglichem Alsterpanorama - description of the subjects visible in the painting |
References
- ^ "Bilderuhr mit Alsterpanorama". www.hamburgmuseum.de (in German). Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ^ "Kaffeegesellschaft an der Alster mit Blick über Lombardsbrücke auf die Stadt (Uhrenbild - Bilderuhr)". www.europeana.eu. Retrieved 2016-04-26.