Mantel clock ("Pendule Uranie")
Clockmaker: Jean-André Lepaute French
Clockmaker: Jean-Baptiste Lepaute French
Not on view
In Jean-André Lepaute’s 1766 price list, this model is listed as Pendule Urania (Muse of Astronomy) and is said to be after a model by the sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. The scroll in Urania’s hand has symbols for Scorpio and Libra. At the feet of the putto is a chart for the lunar eclipse that occurred on April 1, 1764, reproducing the prediction made by Jean-André’s wife, the mathematician Madame Lepaute, published in 1762.
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