UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, French
(active 1725-1750 in Paris)

Watch

1725-50
Gold, gilt brass, enamel, 4,4 x 2,3 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

This watch with an enamelled scene after François Lemoyne is attributed to Jean-Baptist Baillon (d. ca. 1770), a clockmaker in Paris. The composition is a replica of one of the most famous work by Lemoyne, Hercules and Omphale.