OCR Text |
Show uu Great Artist Poorly Paid. Tho report from Netv York of tho sale of the two famous portraits by Velasquez, the one of Philip IV. and tho other of his minister, tho Grand Duke Ollvarez, brings to light the interesting in-teresting fact that he received "on account" ac-count" the sum of eight hundred reals (8) for these and one of Scnor Garciperes. At very much the same lime Van Dyck, despite a highly successful suc-cessful tlmo In northern Italy, was finding to his co3t that Antwerp, bla bk-thplace, had little liking for his genlue. In fact, wo find him stating that at one time ho had a "certain fat browor as his only patron." And oven that patron failed him, because "when it camo to a matter of remuneration remuner-ation the brewer's greed shrank from an extortionate payment of two pistoles pis-toles for tho painting of one portraltl T. P.'d Weekly. |