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i32 ART TREASURES OF THE MUSEE CONDE
finds a consolation in books and an occupation in
the rich domain of Art. Happy the prince who,
whilst living on terms of equality with the people
of a strange country, still distinguishes himself by
the superiority of his noble mind and character.
Happy the prince who in adverse circumstances
can defy fate and make conquests in the kingdom
of letters, which cannot, like dynastic authority,
be taken away from him.” The great statesman
here alluded to the stupendous historical work in
seven volumes on the History of the Princes de
Conde upon which the Duke was at that time
occupied.
It must be remembered that these more recent
acquisitions were supplementary to the already
existing collection which His Royal Highness
had inherited as heir to the last Prince de Conde—
a collection which comprised, amongst other things,
two fine Van Dycks (the Princesse de Barbangon
and the Comte de Berghe), paintings by Christophe
Huet, by Desportes and by Oudry, and precious
Gobelins and Beauvais tapestries.
Furthermore yet another collection came into
the Duke’s possession on the death of his father-
in-law, the Prince of Salerno, and with it no less
than seventy-two paintings, including works by
Andrea del Sarto, Luca Longhi, Giulio Romano,
Luca Penni, Perin del Vaga, Daniele di Volterra,
Baroccio, Bronzino, Mazzola, Carracci, a Portrait
by Moroni, a Guido Reni, a Spada, an Albano,
a Portrait of Himself by Guercino, a fine
finds a consolation in books and an occupation in
the rich domain of Art. Happy the prince who,
whilst living on terms of equality with the people
of a strange country, still distinguishes himself by
the superiority of his noble mind and character.
Happy the prince who in adverse circumstances
can defy fate and make conquests in the kingdom
of letters, which cannot, like dynastic authority,
be taken away from him.” The great statesman
here alluded to the stupendous historical work in
seven volumes on the History of the Princes de
Conde upon which the Duke was at that time
occupied.
It must be remembered that these more recent
acquisitions were supplementary to the already
existing collection which His Royal Highness
had inherited as heir to the last Prince de Conde—
a collection which comprised, amongst other things,
two fine Van Dycks (the Princesse de Barbangon
and the Comte de Berghe), paintings by Christophe
Huet, by Desportes and by Oudry, and precious
Gobelins and Beauvais tapestries.
Furthermore yet another collection came into
the Duke’s possession on the death of his father-
in-law, the Prince of Salerno, and with it no less
than seventy-two paintings, including works by
Andrea del Sarto, Luca Longhi, Giulio Romano,
Luca Penni, Perin del Vaga, Daniele di Volterra,
Baroccio, Bronzino, Mazzola, Carracci, a Portrait
by Moroni, a Guido Reni, a Spada, an Albano,
a Portrait of Himself by Guercino, a fine