Citation
Alternate Title(s): Wondertooneel der Nature
Publication Location: Amsterdam
Year: 1706-1715
Item Location
Exhibit: The Scientific Revolution
Summary
Levinus Vincent, a wealthy Dutch merchant with ties to the East Indies, created a spectacular natural history museum in Haarlem. Visiting dignitaries admired his museum, including Peter the Great and King Charles III of Spain. The detailed depictions of interior spaces include figures of women visitors, which suggests how museums such as Vincent’s offered women opportunities for participation in the natural sciences as donors, curators, collectors, discoverers, visitors and patrons.
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Theme(s): Biology, Education, Women and Science, Business and Economics
Geographical Region(s): Netherlands, Europe
Resource Type: Book
Chronological Period: 18th century
Resource Type: Book