Collection of Models
Chiaravalle Abbey clock
Palazzina Uzielli, Mechanical clocks section
Project and realization:
Luigi Boldetti, 1975
Model from:
Leonardo da Vinci, Codice Atlantico, f. 1111v
Wood, stone, iron, metal foil
cm 81,5 x 75 x 52,7
Description:
Constructed by the engineer Luigi Boldetti, the model of the Chiaravalle clock interprets and completes a drawing of Leonardo’s showing the internal mechanism of the planetary clock that was in Chiaravalle Abbey, near Milan.