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This book offers a thorough exploration of the ways in which Gdańsk artists captured nature through art, along with the role of collectors who sought both natural specimens and their artistic representations. Still life painting and scientific illustrations reflected the collectors’ wide-ranging interests from the wonders of the natural world to meticulously arranged displays of objects. The study illustrates how such a culture of collecting influenced artistic production. Gdańsk, a significant Baltic trade center, fostered an environment for exchanging ideas and objects. This book sheds new light on the interconnectedness of artistic creation, collecting practices, and intellectual life in the early modern city and provides a compelling view of a specific time and place where the passion for objects shaped art and society.
- Art and science in early modern times
- History of collecting and still-life painting
- Gdańsk as a trade and cultural center
Anna Sobecka is assistant professor at the Institute of Art History, University of Gdańsk. As an art historian she has worked at the National Museum in Poznań and the Castle Museum in Malbork. She has been a fellow of the Herder-Institut, Herzog-August-Bibliothek and DAAD Scholarship Fund, and the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research. Her research interests focus on early modern art, with a particular emphasis on Northern painting and printmaking, as well as the history of collecting and modern museology. She is also interested in the history of art objects made of amber from the most ancient times until today. Her main field of research is the artistic culture of early modern Gdańsk.