The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-02-08

have seen nv that artist The modern pictures by
artists Of Vienna arc among tho best ~ inc eo'''0
lion. AZ.
The gallery Of Prince Lchtenstein contains the
choicest specimens Of art Ia Vienna. The gem OF
his collection 10 Correggo, Venus stealing C1P,u'
arrown An admissible picture, portrait oil Wsr
enstein looks just the original ought To have
ed Speaking Of this hero, am reminded ,ia'
passed one of the castles Of his ineai desoonaani'
where he formerly resided near Toeplitz. IL - a
notable fact that the present possessor OF ihe name
has sued for tho recovery OF estates which were con
Rscated when the great Wallensiein was Killed, ana
he supports his clam by proof that 10 ueasonaoi.
designs were medated. To return TO Inc Eaheiy VI
Prince Lichtsnsten. The collection n said 70 hsse
cost the Prince some $500, 900. As great a. Is Tue
merit OF many Of the pictures sm inclined to THINK
that one Of the best IS by modern artist al vienna
s Venus rising from the sea" The artist has esidchs
ly studied Consggio TO some purpose. ms gaiie'y
is rich in the works Of Francesehine oil the boioB
nese school. The castle in which the pictures are
contained is OF nnsiy-r.ineH! belonging 10 thiS
wealthy nobeman (more he cannot haye--the EmPe-
ror alone can transcend the limts.) The entrance
hall is the most magnificent | have yet seen. ~
approached by a superb marble stairway, Prooapy
fourteen feet wide, and when you enter you SEQ an
arched ceiling oil immense height, filled an the mic
die with lresoo Of Jupiter and the gods s"d above
the spring Of the arch the twelve isbors Of Her
cules also in resco. This ceiling rests upon Ionic
S. mi columns Of red marble, the panels between
which are filed with paintings The entrance hall oil
Warwick Castle Is inferior 10 tins, though always
call II To mind with enowed pleasure
The gallery Of Prince Esterhazy (ite magnificent
may call him. contains fine paintings, the best
Of which, wonderful picture, Is Plate washing ms
hands, he says, I'll AN innocent OF the blood oil ths
Just personsce ye To H." Ii is one ofthe nobest PIC
lures ever saw. The figure of the Saviour Is IN
strong leht-those Of the other figures in a
shade less Deep except Plate, whose lace er-
presses al the time piiy wondsr and dnpos''on
10 believe Ii is by Rembrandt, rho has seldom paint
ed groups Of any size There are no less than nse
genuine pictures of Murills (Spansh) in this coec-
ton. The owner oflhem all is the same Pnnce Eser-
| hszy, who formerly ambassador TO London lie
| is the possr ssor Of immense estates In Hungary.
There is very good anecdote Illustrating the extent
of his landed interests Some ofmy readers may have
seen II 10 one ofthe British Quarerlies. An English
nobenan at whose house the Prince was speeding
some time the country, pointed to bill side on his
| estate, where Z, 500 sheep we're feeding. u have
more shepherds than you have sheep, wss the reply
OF Eserhazy. This is almost strictly true, or so near
the truth TO justify the repartee. And yet as I'M
nse bis revenues are, he is deeply in debt. One
of the Rothschds, am informed, has assumed hrs
debts on condition Of being allowed the Income and
of his estates for thirty years, at The end
of which time they revert TO the Prince, who can
select of his castles for residence during
that period. This is all very well for the Prince, and
very bad for the poor peasants, who will doubtless
| suffer by the arrangement The Hungarians boast
Of their freedom, which consists in having DO taxes to
pay This treedym, however, does not apply To the
| poorer classes.
| A Hungarian accosted an American acquaintance
Of mine the other evening, and was delighted to see,
for the first time, of our countrymen. The Hun
garian first spoke in German, in which the American
not well versed. lie then changed TO Italian and
French, which he spoke with great fuency, and OBJ
| served thai his most usual language was the Latin.
And in fact the Latin is still much spoken by the
educated HunRarisns. In the Dict Of Hungary 1t was
| the only language used.