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Show $35 for a Velasquez. I A popular Illustrator lighted a dol- lar cigar with a two-dollar; bill. I "I make moro money In'd day than I Michael Angelo made In a month," ho I said. "I have been studying up the I wagoa those old chaps got. It is amaz- I ing. "Michael Angelo was paid 140 a I month while doing tho cartoons of I tho battle of Pisa, and Leonardo, who I helped him, got tho same rate. Thoy I were both docked for lateness nnd off I days, but thero was no overtlmo nl- I lowanco. I "Corrcgglo get for his 'Christ In tho I Garden' S7.25. Carrnccl's 'Itesurroc. I tlon' only brought thtf painter $6.50. I Albert Durer, for his pen and Ink por- I traits, was not paid in cash. A bag of flour, a hundred oysters, a pair of boots Durer would gladly do your portrait on such a system of remuneration. remun-eration. "Rembrandt's top notch prlco was S475. I got that for his 'Night Watch.' "Velasquez worked chiefly for tho Spanish government. IIu was paid ut the nverago rato of $U5 a picture. Think of It! 135 for the 'llokoby Vonua.' " |
