Wanderings in the Roman campagna . s, rests on any foundation of of his forgeries are so clumsy that no student couldbe deceived by them; others are so subtle and ingeniousthat men of such high standing as Ludovico Muratoriand Carlo Fea have accepted them as genuine. I have myself found so much useful and honest infor-mation in Ligorios manuscript volumes, especially in theBodleian (the existence of which among the Canoniciset of manuscripts I first discovered in 1871 and madepublic in the following year) and in the Parisian of theBibliothec{ue Nationale, that I cannot bring myself
Wanderings in the Roman campagna . s, rests on any foundation of of his forgeries are so clumsy that no student couldbe deceived by them; others are so subtle and ingeniousthat men of such high standing as Ludovico Muratoriand Carlo Fea have accepted them as genuine. I have myself found so much useful and honest infor-mation in Ligorios manuscript volumes, especially in theBodleian (the existence of which among the Canoniciset of manuscripts I first discovered in 1871 and madepublic in the following year) and in the Parisian of theBibliothec{ue Nationale, that I cannot bring myself tobrand him with the stigma with which Famiano Nardinihas been branded by Becker, homo natus ad confun-denda et perturbanda omnia. At all events, it is notat Tivoli, face to face with the Villa dEste, Ligoriosstupendous creation, that we can discuss his archaeologi-cal forgeries. He appeals to us as the most genial artistof his age in adapting classic architecture and classiclandscape-gardening to the requirements of his own time;. Tlit; COAT OF ARMS OF THE DESTE ON THE BALUSTRADEOF THE UPPER TERRACE THE LAND OF HORACE 111 and this specialty shines not only in this Tiburtineresidence of Cardinal Ippolito, but ec[ually well in thedelicious casino of Pius IV in the Vatican gardens, inthe hemicycle of Belvedere, and even in the lesser worksthe authorship of which has been traced to him. Cardinal Ippolito is the second of the family in theglorious dynasty of the Este cardinals, Ipjwlito theelder (t 1520), Luigi (t 1586), Alessandro (t 1624), Ri-naldo the elder (t 1672), and the younger Rinaldo(t 1737). Born of Lucrezia Borgia, brother to DukeErcole II of Ferrara, educated at the court of Francis I,elected cardinal in 1539, he returned to France in thefollowing year, carrying with him gold and silver plateby Benvenuto Cellini, reproductions of ancient statues,armor by Gianpietro Armaiuolo, portraits, ancientmedals, and a hunter with silver harness. His excjuisitetaste made him at on
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