The Picture clock with Alster panorama (German: Bilderuhr mit Alsterpanorama), also known as the Coffeeparty on the Alster with view over Lombard Bridge to the city (German: Kaffeegesellschaft an der Alster mit Blick über Lombardsbrücke auf die Stadt), is a picture clock [de] or music box painting (Spieluhr-Gemälde) – an oil painting of a landscape scene with integrated mechanical clock, automata and music box – that is in the collection of the Museum for Hamburg History.
[3] The foreground of the painting shows a group of people drinking coffee in a park on the bank of the Außenalster lake, along with musicians and children playing.
The background shows the Lombardsbrücke (Lombard Bridge), and behind that a panorama of the city of Hamburg.
From left to right, the recognizable buildings are: These landmarks indicate that the scene is set on the western bank of the Außenalster and oriented directly towards the south, at approximately the location where the present-day Straße Fontenay reaches the shoreline.
[3] St. Peter's, St. Nicholas', and the workhouse were all destroyed during the Great fire of Hamburg in May 1842, 12 to 15 years after the painting was made.