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NIELSEN, MARJATTA: An Etruscan country woman from Terriccio
4. Back of the lid figure of the urn fig. 5. a small part of the vast Poniatowski holdings Ín Toscana. In Florence he continued to collect at least small-scale antiquities. At his death in 1833 the patrimony went to his children born in a morganatic union, mainly to the sons Karl/Carlo (Rome 1808—San Pancrazio 1887) and Józef/Giuseppe (Rome 1816—Chislehurst, Kent 1873). They rapidly dissipated most of the fortune —including the possessions in Galícia (which then belonged to Austria) and in Steiermark in Austria —in order to finance their musical enterprises. The art collections, including some ancient busts and gems, were sold at auctions in England from 1839 onwards. In 1847 Stanislaw's descendants were awarded the title of 'Principi di Monte Rotondo' (after the estate Monte Rotondo near Montenero by Livorno, likewise bought in 1824), and in 1851 they received the Austrian 'Fürstenstandsdiplom' from Emperor Franz-Joseph I. Giuseppe Poniatowski, better known as an opera singer and composer, took up a diplomatic career as Toscana's ambassador from 1849 onwards, but from 1854 he resided permanently in Paris. Carlo, on the other hand, remained in Tuscany, devoting himself mainly to financial and industrial activities, and was a member of the Società generale di Imprese industriali degli Stati d'Italia. 16 In short, the Poniatowskis had lß Coppini, loc. cit. (n. 13) p. 637, n. 80. For both sons and the fate of the Poniatowski family and their fortunes, see Busiri Vici, op. cit., esp. pp. 411 ff. Also before the official bestowing of the princely title Stanislaw Poniatowski's sons were called principi, e. g. Repetti, E., Dizionario geografico fisico storico della Toscana, 5, Firenze 1843, pp. 519-520. Here Terriccio is said to be owned by the 'Principi Poniatowschi'. Carlo's wife, Elisa Napóleoné Carolina Paolina, was 'Marchesa di Montecatini', a title that refers to the name of the principal mining locality in northern Toscana, Montecatini Val di Cecina.
