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THE GARDENS OF ITALY.
Orazio Farnese with Diana, daughter of Henry II of France, is represented, and that of Ottavio
with a daughter of Charles V. All the characters in these and the other scenes are portraits,
and in stiff gowns of gold brocade, or brocaded doublets and thick hose and ruffs, we see
Catherine de Medici, Henry of Navarre, the Great Constable, the Dukes of Guise and
Nemours, Mme. de Montpensier and Mlle, de Rohan. Alessandro and Orazio are seen
accompanying Charles V on a campaign against the Lutherans ; and in the bearers of the
canopy held over the Emperor’s head we have portraits of the three brothers Zuccari. Paul HI,
who took such care of his family, is shown appointing Pietro Farnese Commander of the Papal
Forces, and Orazio Governor of Rome. Ranuccio receives the Golden Rose from his uncle,
233. —CASCADE IN FRONT OF THE CASINO, CAPRAROLA.
and the Pope himself
is portrayed presiding at
the Council of Trent,
making peace between
Francis I and Charles V,
and giving the lucky hat
to four Cardinals, who
all afterwards became
Popes. In several of the
scenes, among all the
other portraits, we dis-
tinguish the pale, sensi-
tive face, with short
brown beard, of Cardinal
Alexander II, the builder
of the palace.
In the Hall “ del
Mappamondo,” the azure
ceiling has all the con-
stellations, the twelve
signs of the Zodiac,
and set round in twelve
delicately moulded stucco
frames are the fables
relating to these signs.
On the walls are figures
symbolising Italy and
Rome as the ruler of
Christianity. Others
typify the tropics and
the four quarters of the
globe, while over doors
and windows are the
heroes of geographical
science — Amerigo Ves-
pucci, Marco Polo,
Columbus and Cortes.
Besides these principal halls there are many smaller. The most attractive are four named
after the seasons, which show some of the best work of the Zuccari. The ceiling of the
“ Spring ” room is painted with a beautiful nude figure with worshippers at her feet. Above
her head the signs of the Zodiac are placed so as to be caught by the rising sun. Garlands and
sylvan scenes surround her personified figure. On the walls are the Rape of Europa, the
combat of Hercules and Antaeus, and the specially appropriate myth of Persephone wandering
with Demeter through the daffodil meadows of Enna. In the “ Summer ” room, which is
disposed so as to be as cool as possible during the sultry season, groups of agriculturists,
THE GARDENS OF ITALY.
Orazio Farnese with Diana, daughter of Henry II of France, is represented, and that of Ottavio
with a daughter of Charles V. All the characters in these and the other scenes are portraits,
and in stiff gowns of gold brocade, or brocaded doublets and thick hose and ruffs, we see
Catherine de Medici, Henry of Navarre, the Great Constable, the Dukes of Guise and
Nemours, Mme. de Montpensier and Mlle, de Rohan. Alessandro and Orazio are seen
accompanying Charles V on a campaign against the Lutherans ; and in the bearers of the
canopy held over the Emperor’s head we have portraits of the three brothers Zuccari. Paul HI,
who took such care of his family, is shown appointing Pietro Farnese Commander of the Papal
Forces, and Orazio Governor of Rome. Ranuccio receives the Golden Rose from his uncle,
233. —CASCADE IN FRONT OF THE CASINO, CAPRAROLA.
and the Pope himself
is portrayed presiding at
the Council of Trent,
making peace between
Francis I and Charles V,
and giving the lucky hat
to four Cardinals, who
all afterwards became
Popes. In several of the
scenes, among all the
other portraits, we dis-
tinguish the pale, sensi-
tive face, with short
brown beard, of Cardinal
Alexander II, the builder
of the palace.
In the Hall “ del
Mappamondo,” the azure
ceiling has all the con-
stellations, the twelve
signs of the Zodiac,
and set round in twelve
delicately moulded stucco
frames are the fables
relating to these signs.
On the walls are figures
symbolising Italy and
Rome as the ruler of
Christianity. Others
typify the tropics and
the four quarters of the
globe, while over doors
and windows are the
heroes of geographical
science — Amerigo Ves-
pucci, Marco Polo,
Columbus and Cortes.
Besides these principal halls there are many smaller. The most attractive are four named
after the seasons, which show some of the best work of the Zuccari. The ceiling of the
“ Spring ” room is painted with a beautiful nude figure with worshippers at her feet. Above
her head the signs of the Zodiac are placed so as to be caught by the rising sun. Garlands and
sylvan scenes surround her personified figure. On the walls are the Rape of Europa, the
combat of Hercules and Antaeus, and the specially appropriate myth of Persephone wandering
with Demeter through the daffodil meadows of Enna. In the “ Summer ” room, which is
disposed so as to be as cool as possible during the sultry season, groups of agriculturists,