Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-04


MOSAIC. In fact, there are no paintings
In st. Peters; everything is mosaic.
We were also surprised at the size of the
antiquity collection. There seemed no
end to it, so we just took the starred ones
i'll Baedeker and looked at them thor
oughly; otherwise it would have taken us
days to get through the museum. In our
mythology lessons with Fri. Willrich in
Dresden we had learned about the Apollo
BelvedeIe, the group of Laokoon, the Zeus
OF 0tricoli, Apollo Musagetes and the
Sleeping Arladne, SO we were to see the
originals.
After seeing so many paintings Of Ra-
phael we were interested in seeing his
tomb, which is in the Pantheon. That of
Victor Emanuele is also here, as well as
those OF many more painters aud sculp-
tors. This building is lighted by only one
window and That is in the middle of the
ceiling without glass, 50 when II rains it
comes right in, but there Is nothing in
the middle Of the floor 50 it Goes no harm.
Most Of Raphaei'= paintings are in the
Vatican, but the ireseoes representing the
myth OF Psyche are IN the Villa Farne7I-
ma, which is opposite an important gal
lery called the Cors!ut.
l guess you have Ind enough OF CALLER
les and museums for while, So ! viii tell
you about the castle of st. Angelo. Ii Is
a very beautiful imposing building now
a-days, but how much more SO must it
nave been long ago with its fine marble
statues and coating, before The barbarlans
destroyed them by throwing them down
upon their opponents.
This building was built by Hadrian
as resting place for himself and fam
lily, but it was used rs fortress at
the time of the siege of the Goths,
and later on WAS occupied by the popes.
covered passage connects it with the
Vatican and st. Peters. The apartments
once occupied by the popes are shown, as
we'll as some cells. 1t was in one of these
where Beatrice Cenci was imprisoned.
She was condemned to death in the large
justice hall in the castle on account of
her being in the complot against her
father, who was murdered.
Cellini, the celebrated engraver, was
also imprisoned in one of these cells, and
lately traces of Christ he drew on the
walls with bit of charcoal have been
discovered. Not over a meter under
ground, numerous skeletons have been
found; they are probably of the unfortu-
nate ones who died in these cells. The
openings (you couldn't call them en-
trances) are so small that one is almost
obliged to crawl in. 1t seems very i'm
probable, for there are no windows to
speak of, but the guide said that Cellini
successfully escaped from his cell. Cenci,
however, was less fortunate; she was be-
headed on the square beyond the Angels
bridge, opposite the castle 5. Angelo
On the top Of the castle is bronze fig
ure of the Archangel Michael sheathlng
his sword. This bronze statue replaces
the original one which stood there for
years, and is now still preserved i'll the
castle 1t WAS erected on account of the
illusion Of Pope Gregor the Great, who
just after having given Il service i'll the
city, praying that tue plague which was
then raging might cease, was passing he
castle when the Archangel Michael APP
peared above the castle just as the statue
represents him, This was n 5 ign that the
piague was al an end which, according to
the saying, did really cease. One of the
most frequently copied paintings in
Rome j. that OF Beatrice Cenci by Guido
EeHi, which is in the Collonna gallery.
People tell different tales about this
Gem; some say she was not guilty and
was cruelty tortured before her execution,
but the guide who took us through her
cell said she really was guilty. She WAS
Oily nineteen years Old when she was be-
headed, and l. sid to have been very
beautiful: lnls portrait of her by REM
! certainly Represents her 50.
jialdO Reul's most famous work is the
T Aurora, bat his "Cruciixiou" and
"Archangel Michael" are very well
known. Ia the same church where the
Archangel Michael Is, IL the burial place
of the CHppucini monks. 1t is very
weird place. The wallis are entirely COW
/ cred with the bones of these monks.
/ Even the lamp is made of bones, and is
/ hung by several arm bones fastened to-
/ gether. There are five rooms which are
decorated in this gruesome manner. After
the few monks who still exist have
passed away, the Cappucini monastery
Will be at an end, it having been sup
| pressed.
The monk who showed us about there
was cheerful enough. Seeing the remains
of his bret hren, and knowing that one day
he would be among them, did not seem to
make him in the least melancholy. The
earth of the graves of the lately departed
monks was brought from Jerusalem.
On Sunday afternoon on our way to the
Pincio we stopped in the church $.
Trinita de Monti, which is built on the
site of the du Score Occur nunnery, and
| heard H.
tains one of the greatest paintings of the
world-that of the "Descent from the
| Cross" by Volterra.
After having heard lovely chorus sing
ing, we went to the Pincio which is near
by. We were told that almost every
| Sunday afternoon when it is pleasant, the
queen takes a drive in this park. The
royal livery is bright scarlet, and is very
conspicuous among the other liveries, so
one has not much difficulty in finding