New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13

eeometrical treatment Of Versailles nor of the
Sver-elaoorate naturalness OF most American
eA<KS II more nearly resembles a great Eng
IN estate. wherein nature Is left much to her
eeif. with just enough attention to subdue wild
ness without directing her either to prettiness
OF grotesqueness. But added TO this perfectly
fee and easy landscape of meadow, lex tree
and stone pine. with here and there an avenue
or cypress. aggressively artificial in any place
out Italy, are mossgrown fountains ana marble
columns and arches time-staned and softencd
till they are no longer individual creations but
part of the earth itself
These are the meadows in which Miriam and
Donatello are made TO walk and dance by Haw-
thorne in The Marble Faun." They lie lust
along the city wall adjoining the Pncian Car
dens. where all fashionable Rome throngs in the
afternoon to itself on any day when the
grounds are open people OF every class may be
seen making their way through the Porta del
Papalo to the villa entrance just beyond.
FREE TO EVERYBODY
You will find no signs to keep off the grass"
The children romp on it to their hearts content.
for vegetation is luxurant enough to repair all
damages; and if you think that priests never
play. you will be undeceived. Scattered the
lawns are the cassocked figures OF the young re
HSious" playing at cricket and football among
themselves. Soon a troop OF schoolboys, led by
a young eccesiastic, Will come trooping by,
sQuabbllnS among themselves just like American
boys. Under the trees will be seen students and
monks with their books. once a visit to the
grounds was made on foot or in a carriage. but
now a little horsecar Will take one halfway from
the gate to the casino.
Here is preserved the great collection which
the Government has just bought. The building
vas erected by Vasanzio for Scipio Borghese, and
restored by Mare Antonio BorShesc at the
end of the last century. 1t resembles somewhat
the neigh boring Villa Medici. which was the sug-
gestive model for the New-York building at the
Colum bian Exhibition. and like the villa Medici,
has many ancient reliefs set in the stucco Of its
walls.
THE STORY OF THE COLLECTIONS.
The Borghese collections were first formed by
Marc Antonio Borghese before 1900. His son,
Prince Camille Borghese married Pauline Bona
parte. the sister of the Emperor Napoleon. and
In 1906 sold to his brother-in-law the most valu-
able of his treasure. which now adorn the
Louvre. Afterward he gathered the collec-
ton, which the Italian Government prevented
his descendants from getting rid of after the
same fashion None of the antique marbles
Of great Importance Most of them dug up
on the Borghese estates; but in the work of the
seventeenth century both in statuary and pict-
ures. the gallery is exceedingly rich. Indeed. it
Is generally believed to be the most valuable pri
yate gallery in the world. Notwithstanding the
few examples of the highly prized men of the
early Renaissance which it contains.
Perhaps the most famous OF its pictures is
Titian's Sacred and Profanc Love-" which has
sometimes been called Mature and Civilization"
This Eaton declares, cannot be matched by any
other Titan outside of Venice. Corrcggio's
"DanaG" also rests in this gallery, after long
wanderings. Every body knows part of this
picture, at least. for the cupds sharpening their
arrows have been the subject of endless repro
duciion. Corregsio painted this picture for the
I1pl NJ hon
Spain. then back to Milan, whence il was taken
to Prague by the Emperor Rudolph. After that
it wandered between Stockholm, Paris and Lon
don. until Prince Borghcse purchased it,
The gallery claims a Botticelli in a Madonna
With angels and child holding a noma~r,n>A>