Word: odescalchi
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...bribery, betrayal and greed. In his first foray into popular fiction, Thomas Hoving, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and editor in chief of Connoisseur magazine, takes us into the international art arena, where a masterpiece has come up for auction. On the block is the Marchesa Odescalchi, a sexy full-length portrait by the 17th century Spanish master Diego Velasquez of his alleged mistress. Experts predict that the portrait will bring at least $11 million, an auction record for a single painting. Among the main competitors in the battle for the naked marchesa are two archrival museums...
Roman Nobles, Venerable and honorable is the association of the Papacy with Italian nobility. From five of Rome's greatest families?Borghese, Orsini, Odescalchi, Colonna, Rospigliosi?have come Popes. A prime social distinction in Rome during the late difficulties was between Blacks (papal supporters) and Whites (Quirinal adherents...
There were many new Socialist members, but more important from Count Bethlen's point of view was an ardent royalist, a beautiful dark-haired girl, one of the few women in Hungary's Parliament, the Princess Klara Odescalchi. For years the Princess Klara has been a fanatical opponent of Count Bethlen who, she believes, has persistently refused to allow the enthronement of 18-year-old Archduke Otto upon the vacant throne of Hungary. What makes her a dangerous opponent is that she is wealthy and can use her wealth to great political advantage. She is intelligent...
Disregarding what damage Princess Odescalchi and the other Opposition deputies may do in the absence of Parliament. Count Bethlen and his Cabinet struggled last week with emergency decrees...
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