Article ID: CBB962686222

Just a Grand Duke who Loves Chemistry. Peter Leopold of Habsburg-Lorraine (1747–1792) and his Chemical Cabinet at the Imperial and Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History (2022)

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This article dealt with the history of the chemical cabinet established by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Peter Leopold of Habsburg-Lorraine (1747–1792), at the Imperial and Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History in Florence during his regency. To achieve this goal, the research work relied on the investigation of untapped archival sources (e.g., administrative and commercial documents, minutes, correspondences, inventories) concerning the museum management from its foundation in 1775 to the departure of the Grand Duke for Vienna to be crowned as Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II in 1790. The article analyzed the chemical cabinet’s manuscript catalog, whose entire transcription is presented in the Supplementary Information Files. The work then examined the connections between the activities performed at the chemical laboratory and Peter Leopold’s interests in experimental chemistry. Concerning this research question, the scientific relationship he held with the naturalist Giovanni Valentino Mattia Fabbroni (1752–1822) – Vice-director and then Director of the Imperial and Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History – who helped the Grand Duke navigate all aspects of his interests in chemistry and natural sciences, was also discussed.

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Authors & Contributors
Maerker, Anna
Orna, Mary Virginia
Berti, Camillo
Dominici, Daniele
Ambrosi, Moira
Pieraccini, Giuseppe
Concepts
Museums
Anatomy
Archives
Medicine
Natural history
Models and modeling in science
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
20th century
21st century
8th century
Early modern
Places
Florence (Italy)
Italy
Tuscany (Italy)
Vienna (Austria)
Russia
Europe
Institutions
Museo della Specola, Florence
Reale Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale di Firenze
Smithsonian Institution
Royal Society of London
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