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THE GARDENS OF ITALY. 
Orazio Farnese with Diana, daughter of Henry II of France, is represented, and that of Ottavio 
with a daughter of Charles V. All the characters in these and the other scenes are portraits, 
and in stiff gowns of gold brocade, or brocaded doublets and thick hose and ruffs, we see 
Catherine de Medici, Henry of Navarre, the Great Constable, the Dukes of Guise and 
Nemours, Mine, de Montpensier and Mile, de Rohan. Alessandro and Orazio are seen 
accompanying Charles V on a campaign against the Lutherans ; and in the bearers of the 
canopy held over the Emperor’s head we have portraits of the three brothers Zuccari. Paul HI, 
who took such care of his family, is shown appointing Pietro Farnese Commander of the Papal 
Forces, and Orazio Governor of Rome. Ranuccio receives the Golden Rose from his uncle, 
and the Pope himself 
is portrayed presiding at 
the Council of Ti'ent, 
making peace between 
Francis 1 and Charles V, 
and giving the lucky hat 
to four Cardinals, who 
a 1 1 afterwards became 
Popes. In several of the 
scenes, among all the 
other portraits, we dis- 
tinguish the pale, sensi- 
tive face, with short 
brown beard, of Cardinal 
.Mexander II, the builder 
of the palace. 
In the Hall “ del 
Mappamondo,” the azure 
ceiling has all the con- 
stellations, the twelve 
signs of the Zodiac, 
and set round in twelve 
delicately moulded stucco 
frames are the fables 
relating to these signs. 
On the walls are figures 
symbolising Italy and 
Rome as the ruler of 
Christianity. Others 
typify the tropics and 
the four quarters of the 
globe, while over doors 
and windows are the 
heroes of geographical 
science — Amerigo Ves- 
233. — CASCADE IN FRONT OF THE CASLN'O, CAPRAROLA, puCci, MarcO PoIo, 
Columbus and Cortes. 
Besides these principal halls there are many smaller. The most attractive are four named 
after the seasons, which show some of the best work of the Zuccari. The ceiling of the 
“ Spring ” room is painted with a beautiful nude figure with worshippers at her feet. Above 
her head the signs of the Zodiac are placed so as to be caught bv the rising sun. Garlands and 
sylvan scenes surround her personified figure. On the walls are the Rape of Europa, the 
combat of Hercules and Antseus, and the specially appropriate mvth of Persephone w'andering 
with Demeter through the daffodil meadows of Enna. In the “ Summer ” room, which is 
disposed so as to be as cool as possible during the sultry season, groups of agriculturists, 
