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Referred to as a "collection of collections" by the archaeologist Salvatore Settis, [3] much of the Torlonia Collection consists of older collections acquired either whole or in part by Prince Giovanni (1754–1829) and his son Prince Alessandro (1800–1886). Acquisitions of individual works and groups of classical art were also made on the ...
The Torlonia family was appointed in 1958 (its title dates from 1854 also), in succession to Prince Filippo Orsini, whose family had held the position since 1735. A poem quoted by Ignazio Silone in his novel "Fontamara" (1930), [citation needed] at the height of their power translates as: The head of everything is God, the Lord of heaven After ...
Arms of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi. On 14 January 1935, Don Alessandro morganatically [8] [9] [10] married in Rome the Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909–2002), a daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and of Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg.
Prince of Civitella-Cesi is an Italian title of nobility granted to Giovanni Torlonia (1755–1829) of the Torlonia family.. In exchange for the administration of finances of the Holy See with the blessing of the Pope, Giovanni Torlonia was created in 1794 Duke of Bracciano and Count of Pisciarelli; in 1803 Marquis of Romavecchia and Turrita; and 1st Prince of Civitella Cesi (Princeps Romanus ...
Alessandro Torlonia was a great collector of Greek and Roman antiquities, purchasing or excavating quantities of sculpture to add to the Torlonia Collection. [4] [5] In 1866, Prince Alessandro purchased the Villa Albani, which contained many outstanding Graeco-Roman artifacts assembled by the late Cardinal Alessandro Albani, a nephew of Pope Clement XI.
The Torlonia Museum ... According to earlier information by the same newspaper, however, Prince Giovanni Torlonia himself was the founder of the collection when, ...
The frescos were removed by Prince Torlonia soon after their discovery and were kept in the Torlonia Museum (Rome). Since 1946, they have been stored at the private Villa Albani in Rome as part of the Torlonia collection. Some pottery vessels from the tomb are now in the British Museum. [5]
Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia (May 1755 – February 25, 1829) was a famous Franco-Italian banker to the Vatican and noble of the Torlonia family. [citation needed]In 1785 he inherited the fortune of his father Marino Torlonia (1725–1785; in early life Benoît Marin Tourlonias, of Augerolles, France), who had become a successful businessman and banker in Rome.