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. In 1554, he made an armillary sphere, now preserved in the——Science Museum in London. 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 ※, 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).
References※
- ^ "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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