Aldrovandi, truthfully drawing naturalia, and local context

Authors

  • Florike Egmond University of Leiden

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5617/acta.9020

Keywords:

Aldrovandi Ulisse 1522-1605?, early modern scientific collections, authorized copies, Jacopo Ligozzi 1547 1626, Adrovandi's image collection

Abstract

This essay focuses on the 16th -century Bolognese naturalist and collector Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) and his enormous image collection of naturalia. Do these images present a specifically Bolognese form of visual natural science, and was his visual format of truthfulness new at the time? Did Local visual culture leave clear marks on Aldrovandi's image collection?

 

On cover:
ANNIBALE CARRACCI (BOLOGNA 1560 - ROME 1609), An Allegory of Truth and Time c. 1584-1585.
Oil on canvas | 130,0 x 169,6 cm. (support, canvas/panel/str external) | RCIN 404770
Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021.

ANNIBALE CARRACCI (BOLOGNA 1560 - ROME 1609), An Allegory of Truth and Time c. 1584-1585. 

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Published

2021-09-13

How to Cite

Egmond, F. (2021) “Aldrovandi, truthfully drawing naturalia, and local context”, Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia, 32(18 N.S.), pp. 81–96. doi: 10.5617/acta.9020.

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 18 N.S. (2020)

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