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The Art of Collecting. Lisbon, Europe and the Early Modern World (1500-1800)
ISBN: –
The Art of Collecting. Lisbon, Europe and the Early Modern World (1500-1800)
This book presents a vast array of objects patiently collected over
the past few years from European private estates and collections for
their rarity, superior craftsmanship, artistic value, historical significance,
and as testimonies of transcultural relationships linking Lisbon to Europe
and the wider world in the Age of Discovery. These objects help
us to tell a story which has remained largely untold; that of princely
collecting in Portugal in the early modern period, 1500-1800. There
are many factors which have considerably hindered our knowledge of
the art of collecting at the Lisbon court. The most important is the
almost total disappearance of the objects themselves.
