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- Title
A nineteenth-century glyptic collection in the National Museum in Krakow.
- Authors
Gołyźniak, Paweł; Natkaniec-Nowak, Lucyna; Dumańska-Słowik, Magdalena
- Abstract
Recent research has brought back to prominence a remarkable collection of glyptic objects housed in the National Museum in Krakow. It was assembled by Constantine Schmidt-Ciążyński (1818-1889) in the second half of the nineteenth century, but has been little known since that time and remains largely unpublished. This extensive collection (over 2,500 pieces) sheds light in a unique manner on the European gem trade and on gem collecting in the mid-to late-1800s. The gems were engraved in a variety of minerals; only one object is made from an artificial material, namely glass paste. The collection offers an opportunity to investigate the collector's aims for his collection and the circumstances that shaped its special character. It seems very likely that the entire set was designed to have particular socio-cultural and educational functions.
- Subjects
KRAKOW (Poland); NATIONAL museums; GLYPTICS; ART museums; GEMS &; precious stones
- Publication
Journal of the History of Collections, 2016, Vol 28, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
0954-6650
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jhc/fhu056