Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-02
ART COLLECTION
WILL PROBABLY
Be DIVIDED
Colonna Palace Pictures,
Viewed by Countless Thou
sands, May Be Scattered by
Owners.
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Rome, March 2.-.Pubiic interest
tram one end Of italy to the other has
been excited 20 an extraordinary de-
gree In the question whether the vir-
tuAlly lHestlmably valuable art coiiec-
ton OF tHe late Prince Marcantonlo
Cuionnn. the head Of the historic
house. is to be ker; intact or sold by
the four MEMBERS OF the family to
whom IL has tcen hcqBeathed.
II ths fulr owners transport their
shares OF the collection 10 their re-
spective residences, Il Is, of course,
lost 20 all except intlmates Of the
owners, and that this should happen
would be considered a public caiam-
ity.
No one who has ever visited the
COlOuna palace can forget the mag
niaecnt Lsu where Tire pictures hang.
and Wal h vas the seat, unique ana
linefncrailr. Of the postal congress. II
Is decorated with painted mirrors by
Mario de- Fiori and cupids by Carlo
| Muratta. There are several Tintoret-
tos and Palma Vecchios Paul YER
oneses' Portrait Of a Man" some IT,
tans. with many lesser, though WE'LL
known works OF art. but the most
preclo1s and interesting are twelve
watCr-Cclor landscapes Of inestimable
vaus by PoHssin.
The palace itself IL one OF the most
attractive. historically, IN Rome.
Alphabetically outside Il "a plain TO
hlde0usncss. but inside gorgeous IN
tho extreme. II was ieft 20 hia
brother, ~ tho bearer Of the name Of
1olonnq. Prince Marcantonlo leaving
no SONS.
The history Of the C'olonns palace h
the history OF the medieval and rem
alssance Rome and that Il has been
made hereditary, and therefore mai
lenable to the house OF Coiona, should
fe cause OF rejoicing to those who
;Cve the history Of their country.
After the fall OF the Temporal
Power in 1870. the Vatican mobiles
felt strongly, and each made some
Visible protest, each in his own way.
II had been the habit OF the pontiii
to occasionally honor his great no.
bles by n visit, and in the imposing
throne room OF the Collonna palace
stood gold and red brocade chair IN
Which only his holiness ever sat. When
the pontifr became prisoner" and
his visits ceased, this chair was turn
ca towards the WALL and from that
day 20 this. az years, Il has never
been moved; there II stands. and there
u Will stand until probably. In q dur
future. Il falls to pieces.
Prince Lapceilotii. another "black'
noble, declared upon his word Of
honor that he would never enter a
Roman theater while the city belong
ed TO the house OF savoy. When Mas
cagnrs "cavaileria" was first given
the prince. who loved music pas
slonately. was horribly tempted %
break his vow. hut he would not. and
went instead an the way TO Vienna
heard & once. and returned. He also
permanently closed half of the great
door OF his palace-with the Romans
a SIGN OF mourniue--and only opened
Il lust IN these days because OF do
mest,c festivals
rhe colonna are one Of these aris-
tOcrntlc families who seem to be torn
between an ancient loyalty to the Pap
acy and a stirring OF the blood aue
TO new conditions and fresh points 81
view, which take them into the OPP
poslte camp, that OF the Royal house
The prince just dead showed this un-
certainty TO very marked degree
Az young man he chung TO the pore,
but as ne grew towards middle age ne
thought that to cling to the vatican
meant to be outside every forward
movement Of his country, and he ac-
eepted the position OF Eentemen-in-
waiting to the then reigning queen
Margherita. In his later years %
fell heir 20 the heredsty position o.
Assistant 10 the Papai Throne
threw up his post az court ana assuin-
ed the na waiting for him a.
the Vatie
one Of his brothers, Don Prosaero
Coionna. has been Major 81 Rome
the other, Don Fabrixo. II a senator
OF the kinedom, and although he has
inherited the "Assistantshlp,' ha'
passed Il on 10 his son, who Tor ~,
part has never appeared a. court ana
has an his interests at the Vatican
The late prince had no sons, but 81
his two daughters one married Prince
Toano. a radical deputy ana th'
other Prince 0higo. Of the biaoies'
Vatican nobility.
prince Coisonna's death has mad'
moro Of a stir in italy than any othei
non political event IN many years