Aldrovandi, truthfully drawing naturalia, and local context

Abstract

This essay focuses on the 16th -century Bolognese naturalist and collector Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) and his enormous image collection of naturalia. Do these images present a specifically Bolognese form of visual natural science, and was his visual format of truthfulness new at the time? Did Local visual culture leave clear marks on Aldrovandi's image collection? On cover: ANNIBALE CARRACCI (BOLOGNA 1560 - ROME 1609), An Allegory of Truth and Time c. 1584-1585. Oil on canvas | 130,0 x 169,6 cm. (support, canvas/panel/str external) | RCIN 404770 Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021.

Keywords

• Aldrovandi Ulisse 1522-1605?
• early modern scientific collections
• authorized copies
• Jacopo Ligozzi 1547 1626
• Adrovandi's image collection