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At The Met, Surrealistic Wonders That Delivered Us Unto Our Techno-Besotted World

Automaton clock in the form of Diana on her chariot, ca 1610


Grotesque boar and coconut cup, 1603-1609


Automaton in the form of a June bug, ca 1600.



The Draughtsman-Writer, ca 1800


The Moving Monk, mid–16th century


Automaton clock, ca 1777



Equation clock, 1591


The Green Dresden, 1769


Multifaceted Sun Clock, 1604


Odometer, 1584


The Great Ruby Watch, ca 1670


Large onyx pendant, before 1727



Celestial Globe with clockwork, 1579