THE GARDEXS 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 
217. — A STAIRWAY IN THE VILLA H.ADRi.ANA, TIVOLI. halls of the great Cardinal 
Tht sulga^Iaw 
ACADEMIA , 
SCA-E OF FEE". 
DIAGRAM PLAN OF THE RUINS 
OF THE VILLA ADRIANA 
NEAR TIVOLI. 
