Abeler notes that Reutter was working in Augsburg between 1633 and 1704, and locates three of his clocks in institutional collections (the Maximilian Museum in Berlin, and the Kassel and Nordiska Museums), and one in a private collection. Maurice illustrates and describes the present example as item 591, commenting: "Herrn Dr. Alfred Schädler, Mnchen, verdanke ich den Hinweis, daß die Figur wohl um die Mitte des 17. Jh. entstanden sei, dann wäre das vorhandene Werk montiert worden" (volume II, p. 77). As "1626" is not the date of the movement, it is probable that it is contemporary with the figure. Certain alterations to the movement and dial suggest that the clock might originally have been designed to hang on a wall, and was later adapted to a monstrance style.