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THE GARDENS OF ITALY. 



which, with the seats round them, are still standing in the same places. His nephew, Cardinal 

 Luigi, who succeeded him, leaves a less pleasant impression. He was as magnificent, and 



entertained lavishly, but 

 was always in debt, and 

 obliged at length to sell 

 many of the priceless 

 treasures which his uncle 

 had collected. After his 

 death the villa fell into 

 disuse as a residence, and 

 the finest statues were 

 sold to the Capitol or 

 carried to Modena. It 

 then belonged to the 

 Archduke Ferdinand of 

 Austria, whose grand- 

 father received it in 

 marriage with the last 

 heiress of the house of 

 Este. 



Watteau was one of 

 those who often visited 

 the garden during his 

 stay in Rome. He 

 delighted in it, and has 

 left numerous drawings 

 made there. In our own 

 time it was rented for 

 many years by Cardinal 

 Hohenlohe, a kind and 

 courtly ecclesiastic, not 

 unfit to dwell in the 

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 NEAR TIVOLI. 



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