Lot Essay
The band on this clock is cast and chased with a portrait bust of Don Carlos (1545-1568), son of Philip II of Spain and grandson of Charles V.
A very similar portrait of Don Carlos exists in the Lazaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid. It was painted in celebration of his fourteenth birthday and it seems likely that the present clock was made around the same time.
A very similar portrait of Don Carlos exists in the Lazaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid. It was painted in celebration of his fourteenth birthday and it seems likely that the present clock was made around the same time.