Hermanus Smit

Signature of Hermanus (Harmanus) Smit on a grandfather clock

Grandfather clock by Hermanus Smit

Hermanus Smit (also: Harmanus und Smitt ) was a Dutch watchmaker who created high-quality clocks in Amsterdam in the middle of the 17th century , including above all grandfather clocks and pocket watches . He was active from around 1740 to 1760. His grandfather clocks are characterized by particularly splendidly decorated dials and cases . A number of his works are in the collection of the Amsterdam City Museum .

literature

Brian Loomes: Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World. 21st edition. NAG Press, Ramsbury 2017, ISBN 978-0-7198-0330-7 .
Willem Vogelsang and Caroline Henriette de Jonge: Dutch furniture and spatial art from 1650–1780. Julius Hoffmann, Stuttgart 1923, p. 228.

Web links

Collectie Nederland: Musea, Monuments en Archeology. Evidence of five grandfather clocks from the manufacture of Hermanus Smit between 1740 and 1760, accessed on November 27, 2018.
Hermanus Smit. Het Amsterdams staand horloge, accessed November 27, 2018.
A Dutch Burr-Walnut Musical Longcase Clock by Hermanus Smit. Christie's , accessed November 27, 2018.

Individual evidence

↑ Brian Loomes: Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, S. 717th
↑ ^a ^b ^c See: Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam Museum: five grandfather clocks, inventory number: KA 1724.1–5, 1740–1760.
↑ Hermanus Smit. Het Amsterdams staand horloge.

personal data
SURNAME	Smit, Hermanus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Smit, Harmanus; Smitt, Hermanus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch watchmaker
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1740
DATE OF DEATH	after 1760

[1] Brian Loomes: Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, S. 717th

[collectie-amsterdam-2] See: Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam Museum: five grandfather clocks, inventory number: KA 1724.1–5, 1740–1760.

[3] Hermanus Smit. Het Amsterdams staand horloge.