Renaissance automaton clocks represent the cutting-edge technology of their time and showcase the refinement of the courts of Northern Europe. By looking closely at the early 17th-century automaton clock in the shape of the goddess Diana on her chariot—recently restored and on view in the European art galleries—Paola D’Agostino, the Nina and Lee Griggs Assistant Curator of European Art, and Carol Snow, Deputy Chief Conservator and the Alan J. Dworsky Senior Conservator of Objects, unveil the artistic mastery and the wondrous technical invention of this precious work of art.