Torlonia collection at the Montreal Musuem of Fine Arts
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The most important private collection of Roman sculptures, assembled in the 19th century by the prince and banker Alessandro Torlonia (1800-1884
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He became a banker for Bonaparte and Pope Pisces. What Pope Pisces did in 1827 enabled Giovanni Tormogna to acquire 250,000 dollars.
There are 620 works in Tormogna's collection. Just one of them, and that is this one.
So all the leftovers are gathered.
What we wanted to demonstrate was that in all the baths in Rome, there were many public baths. Thus, one could see an amphibian depicted in the public baths.
Or, many children died at a young age. There were many children who died at an early age.
I know that's the statue of Miroir depicted there, the lady in the center. But, as they say, it could have been different with the son of this robe, the father of this robe.
We have the chandeliers of the children, but as for the women and children, it's not always clear which actual person was represented by the statue.
That is to say, normally, the statue is what serves as evidence of propaganda for the community.
That is to say, she is forgiven.