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TitleMusical Picture Clock with Automata, ‘Landscape with Windmill’
Creator Hendrik Olland (mechanicus), Oostenga
PlaceGroningen city (The Netherlands), Groningen city (The Netherlands)
Year 1826
Object number0717
Object categorymechanical instruments with playing comb, music boxes
Object namemusic box with cylinder, schilderij met uurwerk
DescriptionThis painting contains multiple mechanical movements. It consists of three parts, attached to each other but functioning independently: a front part consisting of the frame with blinds and painting depicting country life; a middle part with flowing river, water mill and moving human figures; and a rear part with the clockwork, striking mechanism, chimes, mechanism for the waves and ships, and a musical movement.
Accompanying textsThe musical movement can play three melodies.
Born in Amsterdam in 1780, Hendrik Olland later settled in Groningen as a watchmaker. In his spare time he manufactured this mechanical artwork, in which he tried to imitate natural movements with a mechanism. In 1840, an advertisement appeared in the Groninger Courant, extensively describing and praising the piece. According to the advertisement, "in the composition of this piece of art, Mr. Olland had made himself known not only as a highly skilled mechanic, but also as a perceptive observer and faithful follower of what surrounds him in nature."
The painting is signed: "Hend'k Olland Fecit Groningen 1826".
Born in Amsterdam in 1780, Hendrik Olland later settled in Groningen as a watchmaker. In his spare time he manufactured this mechanical artwork, in which he tried to imitate natural movements with a mechanism. In 1840, an advertisement appeared in the Groninger Courant, extensively describing and praising the piece. According to the advertisement, "in the composition of this piece of art, Mr. Olland had made himself known not only as a highly skilled mechanic, but also as a perceptive observer and faithful follower of what surrounds him in nature."
The painting is signed: "Hend'k Olland Fecit Groningen 1826".
Dimensions
geheel height: 70 cm
geheel width: 89 cm
geheel depth: 49 cm
geheel width: 89 cm
geheel depth: 49 cm
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