berlain, Santa Fiore; the elder Salviati, Chieti, Carpi, Polo, and Morone, all of whom are portrayed from nature, are likewise present. Beneath them is the following inscription:—[1]
Julius III. P. M. Alexandra Farnesio auctore Octavio Farnesio eius fratri Parmam amissam restituit, anno salutis 1550.
In the second Picture is Cardinal Farnese, makino: his Entry into the City of Worms, as Legate to the Emperor Charles V., who is coming forth, together with the Prince, his son, to meet the Prelate. His Majesty is attended by a large number of his Barons, and with them is the King of the Eomans. On the wall to the left of the entrance, the first story exhibits the war undertaken in Germany against the Lutherans, in the year 1546, when the Duke Ottavio Fames was Legate; this also has its inscription. The second, on this side, has the Cardinal Farnese, with the Emperor and his Sons; they are all four under a Canopy, which is borne by figures, each one a portrait from the life, and among them is that of Taddeo, the artist of the work. There are besides many Barons and other Nobles in this picture. On one of the two fa9ades at the end of the Hall are two Pictures, between which is an oval compartment containing the portrait of King Philip, with the following inscription:—
Philippo Hispaniarum regi maximo oh eximia in domum Farnesiam merita.
Of the two Stories above-mentioned, one presents the Duke Ottavio espousing Madama Margherita, and has Pope Paul III. in the centre: in this picture there are the portraits of Cardinal Farnese the younger; Cardinal di Carpi; the Duke Pier Luigi; Messer Durante; Eurialo da Cingoli; Giovanni Riccio, of Montepulciano; the Bishop of Como; the Signora Livia Colonna; Claudia Mancina; Settimia; and Donna Maria de Mendoza. The second picture exhibits the Duke Orazio taking to Wife the Daughter of King Henry of France, with the inscription which follows:—
Henricus II. Valesius Gallics rex Horatio Farnesio Castri duci Dianam filiam in matrimonium collocat, anno salutis 1552.
In this Story, beside the portrait of Diana the Bride, who wears the regal mantle, and of her husband, Ottavio, there are those of the Queen, Catherine de’ Medici; of Margaret, the King’s Sister; of the King of Navarre; the Constable; the Dukes of Guise and Nemours; the Prince of Conde,
- ↑ This story is not given in the work of Prenner above cited.
