Collectors and Curiosities: Paris and Venice 1500-1800

The collection - between the visible and the invisible the age of curiosity collections in Venetia in the heyday of curiosity medals/shells erudition/philosophy dealers, connoisseurs and enthusiasts in 18th-century Paris Maffei and Caylus collectors, naturalists and antiquarians in the Venetia Republic of the 18th century private collections, public museums.