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Massimo Listri: Cabinet of Curiosities by Giulia Carciotto Medical calcite and fluoriteThe Wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, saw collectors gathering objects from many strands of artistic, scientific, and intellectual endeavor, in an ambitious attempt to encompass all of humankinds knowledge in a single room. From the Grand Duke Francesco I de Medici and Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to Archduke Ferdinand II of Habsburg, these aristocratic virtuosos acquired, selected, and displayed the objects in real life catalogues that