I iuurr |. I'ipRIKMI HI liAKI'il <>MI ii \\ 1 1 >N|i I Hi KTOLLA, 



clockmaker, of Mocenigo di Rumo. ["hi canvas in nils 

 is owned by descendants. In the uppei left-hand 

 is .in inscription, mm hardl) legible, indicating that the 

 hi ma) have been painted aftei Bertolla's death on 

 January i ",. 1789. translated, il states "Bartolomeo 



Vntonio Bertola [sic] Celebrated Mechanician and 

 Inventor ol various Instruments. Repairei of the clocks 

 of Venice, Verona, rrent, and othei localities Maker of 

 the Work which combines the < lopei nil an and Ptolemaic 

 nas devised bj Fathei I rancesco Borghesi ol Mechel, 

 Laureate Mathematician, and humbl) offered to Hei 

 Imperial Majesty Maria rheresa. Died in ] >i<-i \ in his 

 home at Rumo on 1 -, fanuar) 1 r8g .n the age 



( 'ourti 1 1 oj Si . / 1 Pip} Milan.) 



I 1 ^ 1 1 1 1 



-The vim v.i hi Mocenigo i>i Rumo in ih<- valley of tin- Non. 

 Bertolla's home and workshop at far left. 



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