Biography of Kristina in "The Town and Country Magazine", year 1774, part 8

Source:

The Town and Country Magazine, Or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment, volume 6, page 639 (December, 1774), published by Archibald Hamilton, 1774; original at Harvard University

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The biography:

She went afterwards to Rome, and her entry into that capital had all the air of a triumph. The pope was desirous that she should consider, what he called, her victory over error, as a more glorious conquest than had ever been gained over the most warlike nations. Several days were spent in feastings, after which she gave herself up entirely to her taste for the belles-lettres, the sciences, and the arts. One day as she admired a marble statue of the cavalier Bernin, representing Truth, a cardinal, and a lover of the concetti, coming up to her, said, "One may truly say, Madam, that never sovereign loved truth so well as you, in appearance." "Because", replied she, "all truths are not of marble."

Above: Kristina.

Above: Pope Alexander VII.