Girolamo della Volpaia (ca. 1530 – 1614) was an Italian maker of clocks and scientific instruments from Volpaia.
Girolamo continued the business of his father Camillo della Volpaia (1484-1560) and his uncles Benvenuto della Volpaia (1486-1532) and Eufrosino della Volpaia (late 15th century - 16th century), who were an important family of craftsmen in Tuscany.[1][2] In 1554, he made an armillary sphere, now preserved in the Science Museum in London.[3] In 1560, he succeeded his father as superintendent of the large clock in the Palazzo Vecchio. He also asked to be assigned the maintenance of his grandfather Lorenzo's (1446-1512) Orologio dei Pianeti [Planetary Clock], which he restored himself. In 1564, he designed a clock for the Piazza San Marco in Venice. In 1590, he built his last clock, preserved at the Museo Galileo of Florence (inv. 2460). [4]
References
edit- ^ "Armillary Sphere". Epact. Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Volpaia - home of clockmakers". Volpaia. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Italian armillary sphere, 1554". Science Museum Group. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Museo Galileo - object description".
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