The Experience of Nature
March 19, 2025
June 30, 2025
An extraordinary inventory of living things
Discover the arts in Prague under Rudolf II
The Experience of Nature. Art in Prague at the Court of Rudolf II
Like other great sovereigns, the Emperor Rudolf II (1552-1616) was a fervent advocate of the arts and sciences. During his reign, Prague became an intellectual hub where thinkers, scientists and artists from all over Europe came to meet. Passionate about nature as well as esotericism, astronomy and science, Rudolf II transformed his court into a research laboratory.
Bouquet de fleurs. Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts © Photo GrandPalaisRmn (PBA, Lille) / J. Quecq d’Henripret.
Le Printemps, de la série des Quatre Saisons et quatre âges de l’homme. Musée du Louvre © Photo 2005 Musée du Louvre, dist. GrandPalaisRmn / M. Beck-Coppola.
Vallée étendue, vue entre deux hauteurs rocheuses. Musée du Louvre © Photo 2012 Musée du Louvre, dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Th. Ollivier.
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Vertumne. Stockholm, Skoklosters Slott
Hans Hoffmann, Lièvre entouré de plantes. Rome, Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica © Photo gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Roma / E. Fontolan
The "Experience of Nature" exhibition aims to highlight this singular current known as "naturalism", with its drawings of plants and animals by artists favoured by the Empire, the earliest attempts to establish of an inventory of living things.
In constant touch with nature, they expanded their range of practices and deployed a vast range of previously untapped materials and subjects. These new forms define our modern view of the arts in Prague under Emperor Rudolf II.
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