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Title: Gabriele von Bülow, daughter of Wilhelm von Humboldt: a memoir compiled from the family papers of Wilhelm von Humboldt and his children, 1791-1887;
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Bülow, Gabriele, Freifrau von, 1802-1887
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Publisher: London, Smith
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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e very graceful,but not to my taste ; there always seems something wantingeven in his best work. We spent the whole afternoon at theVilla Albani, whence the view is glorious. We have also beento the Colosseum and several of the churches. . . . On Thursday, Corpus ChristiDay, there was a processionin which the Pope took part. The square in front of St.Peters looked glorious, but, except for the Pope, who wascarried beneath a canopy, the procession, though very gor-geous, did not please me particularly. I dislike the priestsand monks, who are so evidently indifferent to the wholeceremony, in fact the entire Roman Catholic ritual is anti-pathetic to me. The days in Rome were so fully occupied that Gabrielecould only find time for her letters to Bulow in the earlymorning hours before the others were up. Sight-seeing inthe town and long drives in the Campagna filled much of hertime; in addition she took singing lessons, and studied Gold-smiths History of Rome. In the evenings she had to be
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GABRIELE VON HUMBOLDT From a Painting by Schadow. Rome, 1817. AT NAPLES 83 present at her mothers receptions, and every moment thatcould be spared during the day was claimed by the artistSchadow,1 who was painting her portrait for Biilow. Thepicture, which was a great success, is at Tegel; her gracefulfigure is represented life size, clad in a simple dark red gown,and seated in an open hall. Her right hand rests lightly ona marble basin, from which white doves are drinking, the littlehead with the pretty brown hair is slightly bent, while the eyeshave a dreamy, distant expression. As though she weresearching for something which she will only find withinherself was Thorwaldsens description of the expression socharacteristic of Gabriele, and so faithfully rendered by theartist. They remained at Borne little more than a month, and atthe beginning of July Frau von Humboldt and her family,accompanied by several artist friends, proceeded to Naplesand thence to Ischia. The greater distance f

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