Medici patronage and exotic collectibles in the seventeenth century: the Cospi Collection
This chapter analyzes the Medici’s relationship with exotic artefacts and natural specimens in the seventeenth century and the underlying strategies of self-promotion which encouraged their practices of patronage and sponsorship through their relationship with the Cospi Museum in Bologna. Cospi, ind...
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Routledge
2020
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