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| Anonymous German Maker Heraldic Pine Cone from Augsburg ca. 1650 carved amber on wooden base Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Anonymous Italian Maker Hercules battling the Hydra ca. 1550-1600 carved coral scene Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Christoph Gandtner Figure of Abundance seated on Hedgehog ca. 1590-1600 glazed pottery Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Anonymous European Maker David with the Head of Goliath undated glass bead mosaic Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Albert von Prankh Helmet ca. 1350 iron and leather Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Daniel Neuberger Battle with a Dragon ca. 1651-52 colored wax relief Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Roman Empire Earrings with cameos and beads 3rd century AD onyx, gold, glass Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Johann Schnegg Archangel Michael triumphing over Satan ca. 1740-60 ivory and ebony Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Anonymous German Maker Box with four Hourglasses 16th century wood, glass, ivory, gold, silk, garnets, pearls Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
"The three ingredients for success in showcasing a collector's panoramic education and broad humanist learning were naturalia (products of nature), arteficialia (or artefacta, the products of man), and scientifica (the testaments of man's ability to dominate nature, such as astrolabes, clocks, automatons, and scientific instruments). On the Italian peninsula, the space housing these objects was called a stanzino, studiolo, more often museo, or sometimes galleria, a name mostly applied to collections of paintings and works of art that could contain curiosities as well, such as the Medici galleria. North of the alpine mountains, these predecessors of modern museums were called Kunst- und Wunderkammer (cabinet of art and marvels) or Kuriositäten and Raritäten-Kabinett or Kammer (cabinet or room of curiosities or rarities)."
– Wolfram Koeppe, from Collecting for the Kunstkammer (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002)
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| workshop of Joseph Moser Reliquary with Bust of St Wenzel ca. 1760-70 silvered and gilded bronze Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Münchner Hofwerkstatt Adoration of the Magi ca. 1690-1700 gold, enamel, diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, rubies, pearls Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Hans von Aachen Perseus rescuing Andromeda ca. 1600 oil paint on alabaster Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Innsbrucker Hofglashütte Pendant with Mercury ca. 1570-90 glass Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Benvenuto Cellini Salt Cellar with Allegorical Figures of Earth and Sea ca. 1540-43 gold, enamel, ivory Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |