The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Grollier de Serviëre, the Brothers Monconys
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title:Journal of the History of Collections Publication Type: Authors:Turner, Anthony Editors: Publisher: Place of Publication: Publication Date:2008 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume:20 Issue:2 Start Page:205 End Page:215 Abstract:Of collections In seventeenth-century Lyon, we can know most about the collection of machine models created by Grollier de Servière, and the general collection amassed by the traveller Balthazar de Monconys and his brother Gaspard. Comparison of the eighteenth-century published catalogue of Grollier's collection with accounts given of it by contemporary visitors reveals changes In the perception and presentation of the collection between 1650 and 1710, while comparison of the two collections reveals differences in the nature of 'curiosity' even within the seventeenth century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Descriptors/Keywords: Art -- Collectors & collectingArt catalogs
Antiquities -- Collectors & collecting
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