Musical and animation painting
This is known as the "Picture clock with Alster panorama" (Bilderuhr mit Alsterpanorama), with an alternative title "Coffee party on the Alster with view over Lombard Bridge to the city" (Kaffeegesellschaft an der Alster mit Blick über die Lombardsbrücke aud die Stadt".
It is an 1830 oil painting made in around 1830 by Viennese artists depicting Hamburg. What is interesting is this this is a painting with mechanical automaton and an integrated musical box.
The mechanical elements include:
- working clocks on several church towers
- the windmill turning
- two children playing cup-and-ball
- a harpist's and a violinist's arms moving
- various boats moving across the lake
- horse-borne and foot traffic crossing the bridge
- a fisherman's rod
Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte. Museum for Hamburg History.
Musical and animation painting
This is known as the "Picture clock with Alster panorama" (Bilderuhr mit Alsterpanorama), with an alternative title "Coffee party on the Alster with view over Lombard Bridge to the city" (Kaffeegesellschaft an der Alster mit Blick über die Lombardsbrücke aud die Stadt".
It is an 1830 oil painting made in around 1830 by Viennese artists depicting Hamburg. What is interesting is this this is a painting with mechanical automaton and an integrated musical box.
The mechanical elements include:
- working clocks on several church towers
- the windmill turning
- two children playing cup-and-ball
- a harpist's and a violinist's arms moving
- various boats moving across the lake
- horse-borne and foot traffic crossing the bridge
- a fisherman's rod
Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte. Museum for Hamburg History.