painicr,  who  it,  like  moft  of  the  fijure*  in  thefc  pigmy  nricaiurc«,  very
fcanlily  clothnd,  it  occupied  with  the  portrait  of  another,  who,  by  the
nther  exaggerated  fulnt^fi  xi(  the  gathering  of  hi»  logn,  \%  evidently
iotended  Ibr  a  dalliing  aitd  falhiooable  patrician,  though  he  ia  Icated  at
borc-lcgged  and  b«re>breedied  as  the  artifl  bimlelf.  Both  are  diltinguithcd
by  a  largo  allowance  of  nofe.  The  eafcl  here  employed  relemblei  greatly
tbe  Cime  article  now  in  ufc,  and  might  belong  to  tlie  Audio  of  a
modern  painter.  Before  it  ii  a  fmall  labk-.  probably  formed  of  a  dab
of  AoDc,  which  fcrvet  for  a  palette,  on  which  the  painter  fprvacln  and
miles  hu  ci)lourv  To  the  right  a  fcnant,  who  fills  ihc  olKoe  of  oolour-
grioder,  \%  leitcd  by  tlie  fide  of  a  vetlcl  placed  over  hot  coaU,  and  appears
to  be  preparing  ootourw,  mixed,  acourding  to  the  diredioDt  given  in  old
writen,  with  punlc  wax  and  oiL  In  the  backgrotind  b  icatcd  a  Audent,
wbofe  ■(toniion  is  taken  from  hn  drawing  by  what  b  going  on  M  the
other  fide  of  rbe  room,  where  two  fmall  perfonsge*  are  eulcnng,  who
look  a>  if  (hey  were  smaicun.  and  who  appear  to  be  talking  about  the
ponraiL     Behind  ibcm  Hand]  a  bird,  and  when  the  {Niiotiug  was  lirll


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uncoicTcd  there  were  two.  Mj7i>ii,  itho  made  (he  drawing  from  wli'ch
our  cm  ill  (Akrn,  before  ihc  otigiDiit  luil  pi;rillied — fur  il  wa*  fonotl  ii]  a
fiale  of  ducny— imagined  that  the  binJi  typified  Tome  well-known
li»gi-nt  or  niulkiaiu,  but  they  are,  perhaps,  merely  intended  Ibr  cnnes,
binLt  io  geiierall/  aflbciaied  with  the  pigmin.
