"Kunstkammern" in Poland

[andrzej niekrasz]

This is not a literature question, but I hope someone will be able to advise
me:

I am looking for evidence of sixteenth, seventeenth or eighteenth century
Polish "Kunstkammern" or cabinets of curiosities, comprised of art works,
decorative objects and/or natural specimens. Has anyone encountered
descriptions of such a collection or even a mere mention? Which magnates
might have assembled such a collection and where might surviving purchase
records/catalogues be archived in Poland?

Thank you!

Carmen Niekrasz
Northwestern University
Department of Art History


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