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Eleanor Herman
seems to be no rhyme or reason for these statue parts and their placement.
The overall impression is that the villa, while lovely, is also inexplicably
strange. But Camillo thought it was wonderful, and during his
meetings with high-level officials his mind wandered off from war
with France to marble body parts for his villa.
Complaints about Camillo’s uselessness began to percolate up to the
pope, who lectured him sternly. He must stop sketching and do something
useful. When Camillo told Innocent that he had always been interested
in the military—probably because he looked so dashing on a
horse—his uncle gave him the commission of building ships for the
papal navy. In his avvisi of August 5, 1645, Teodoro Amayden reported
that Camillo’s first vessel was launched in a great ceremony attended by
his mother and the pope. But the boat had been built so badly that it
immediately listed to one side and was in danger of sinking. It was sent
back to the boatyard, where it was probably scuttled.
Innocent, who had always worked diligently for the church, was furious
over his nephew’s indolence. Leti explained, “The Pope, having
created his Cardinal Nephew, had no other design than to instruct him
bit by bit to render him capable of administering political affairs, already
being aware of the little wit he had. But the Nephew, instead of
advancing, seemed rather to reverse. So much so that, not profiting at
all from the good instruction of his Uncle, he was incapable of managing
the smallest negotiation, so that every day he was poorly treated by
the pope who made always a thousand reproaches for his ignorance.” 9
Some days the Vatican corridors echoed with the pope’s shouting at
Camillo, tearing into him for being a lazy bum, leaving all the hard
work to his poor elderly uncle. In response, the cardinal nephew locked
himself in his rooms on the Piazza Navona and took to his bed for days
on end, claiming illness.
Olimpia graciously offered to read those petitions that Camillo found
too boring to bother with, and to write his answers. But Camillo certainly
didn’t want his mother telling him what to do. One day after a
particularly bitter argument with her, he raced in his carriage to the
Vatican and begged the pope to lock Olimpia up in a convent, the
proper place for meddling women.
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