Mapa erupcji Wezuwiusza: niezwykły polonik w zbiorach Narodowego Muzeum Historii Naturalnej w Paryżu
Abstract
Vesuvius eruption map: the Polish unusual historical document in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.
A b s t r a c t. The authors present and analyse the Vesuvius eruption map ordered by Princess Anna Jabłonowska, found in the Krafft collection, in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. The map was made after 1779, the date of the last eruption marked on it. It was commissioned by Anna Jabłonowska, a Polish aristocrat, an influential representative of the Enlightenment, the creator of one of the largest and most valuable natural science collections of 18th-century Europe. The author of the map is Filippo Morghen, a famous artist, engraver, collector and art dealer. It compares nine 18th-century eruptions from 1723, 1737, 1751, 1754, 1760, 1767, 1770, 1771, 1776 and August 8, 1779. It is one of the first cartographic documents showing changes in the morphology of Vesuvius as a result of successive eruptions. The authors analyse the map in the context of the development of volcanology, geology, technology, as well as artistic production related to the 18th-century Enlightenment fashion of scientific tourism in southern Italy.
A b s t r a c t. The authors present and analyse the Vesuvius eruption map ordered by Princess Anna Jabłonowska, found in the Krafft collection, in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. The map was made after 1779, the date of the last eruption marked on it. It was commissioned by Anna Jabłonowska, a Polish aristocrat, an influential representative of the Enlightenment, the creator of one of the largest and most valuable natural science collections of 18th-century Europe. The author of the map is Filippo Morghen, a famous artist, engraver, collector and art dealer. It compares nine 18th-century eruptions from 1723, 1737, 1751, 1754, 1760, 1767, 1770, 1771, 1776 and August 8, 1779. It is one of the first cartographic documents showing changes in the morphology of Vesuvius as a result of successive eruptions. The authors analyse the map in the context of the development of volcanology, geology, technology, as well as artistic production related to the 18th-century Enlightenment fashion of scientific tourism in southern Italy.