Watch with portrait of Friedrick Wilhelm, the Great Elector

Johann G. Racine|Jean-Pierre Huaud, known as the younger Huaud

case ca. 1688, movement ca. 1750 · Case: painted enamel on gold; Movement: brass and steel · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The miniature is a portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia (1620–1688), who was known as the Great Elector. It was painted by the Swiss-born enamelist Jean-Pierre Huaud, who worked for a time at the court of the Elector in Berlin. Johann Racine, a watchmaker from Basel, evidently made a new movement for a treasured watchcase.

Artist

Johann G. Racine|Jean-Pierre Huaud, known as the younger Huaud

Date

case ca. 1688, movement ca. 1750

Medium

Case: painted enamel on gold; Movement: brass and steel

Culture

Swiss, Geneva case with German, Berlin movement

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917