St. Cloud Democrat., 1862-11-13

rsp' ured tefre the easel Of the artist, and
etflsippa ppa ~ u bis lielyrs sssill bs ths Erm q
MY coiiectio' --Cif I'd FE.rvn.ine, pm,
e<eE with thy work, sud ask Whit thou
wilt J. ALI price is beltw&it' Il But 'tiou-
srdo! wor.hirped ThisherI ideal ,hai" '.h.,
'Ofhh patron. .so iAsi ~.s select iu:; bis sub;
jeots, and udlsss they we're sach ~ tom:
.ssss.t h,ss heart, his hand became l'srsl:
yss4' sha sbsud0usa t',v stt> >nip . Il ~ !
fsseasssrsisa this sif-distrdst sto, tsr, aua
:oiteu 'des&:zysd hs productions i,,' y d.
'oi'd,sssss ~sen wanted vnly's tgwh mas.
Il: siy4aopehas to complete them II YNis',n
b haa..ty furnished ths4ws,chtnt k4tsea' Vi
the ,.o,niulcxn with che n,es,issof .;r..i6c..-
,iOn.l IT, .Gs.i,:,G IL TAn ~ q ,nkzvo
"a "Ay Lora," said he to the Duke, II
;tbd l',sst bitterly for your many di$sp
lsutattl'ents. No evou1r nave yxui set youi
heart upon = pie,ure" thau the capricpue
aud daring iiorvnt'ne draws hi, b1t.l
over it, let ne advise you to sit tyr ydu'
portrait this ut least he will not l!r 'suius
to di,hUnvr aud thus you ,iiay secure out
" riect specimen tor your c,liecti"n:" s.:
+ The i'uke seized INSTANTLY upon the
idea "Yoa shall paint my portrait" sal
he to Liou.'do. liz io,got that he ha
his own share ot the i.uit, and trs'it1es VI
humanity. and that nature h.d. moutde,.
the .ucal feature with y false Or daiter
i. < hand. The artist trenlbled at the dr.
der. How, indeed, could Lionardv, VIII.
d.lig ght*d y paint nature in its faire: t
'foru4*, endure such subject: such Con,
b1aa,ioD of physical usliness,, utterly un,
redeemed BY moral beau'y? The red
%hwk hair, the gray, tw'nkii"y e, es, the
pale, ashy check, and 'll-shapvn head it
was impossible, aud yet the Duke hat
co.u.naraed it! Refuse he could 1T =:
tfrt,.if he obeyed, could he pra,1,i,c Ills
siorious art t., aatter the tSrant, and dis.
guise his hideousncss BY deceitfuI false
h"od: Nhi'e, If he painted him true to
nat ure, what specimen Of his art would
<" ,i"w n to roAteri,y. to he pointed az
through after ages, as proof that Leo
na'do da Vinci sold his i" ncii tor gold
1t was in vain that he called upon The
spirit IF his .n,ster, .,hdrea "Well,
them" 1clainr d LEONARDO, Il must drink
the bitter cup, I'D paint him Us he is
II is true lie will tesd ia tii* portrait hi>
Eown hattfa character ); but I y, /. not d..
grade my pencil by hastvri;-1 wilta ut
deserve the sc,'fn of after ages - ga
With 4 trembling haud he took III.
p;Sncil, while The : iuke sat before hun win
proud Importance. aud arrayed iu. pri"cs'
~ erm'ue ~ Behind him the, U,,.inica.'
had placed ..iunselt, reading in his trou;'.
led Eye aitd trembling hand the full III
6aen.e.s # ths malignant spell which b.
wilcs had cast On hi". In vain Lilo
"ardo eszayed to- d AZ an outline; he saw
nothing but the horrible face of the monk
At length he exclaimed, thro wing dow.
his pencil, IL can d. Nothing unless you'
RI shness remains with me alone" The
lux. ordered the Dominican to de, art
and new motive TO revenge arose in ths
ur,nk heart. = = '''' .
LEONARDO proceeded with his work day
after day but the nearer the p4inti"g ~.
prDaached its complexion, the more dissatis.
fed became th* artist. At length, how.
ever, tth. last strike wps gwen, and il
stood against the wall completed, i .. all
it's revvlti"g uelineas. d Il ,i,t,~r.:' -, Il
"How." cried sLionasdo, losing ill self
coumsud, ,'..hallya picture like this. vi
down to- pesteri,yI2,, Shall l::'.rn,sh, ny
fa,ue and s''il the art, BY such . spcoin,eaa I
rather perish my art - rather perish .,uly.
self!" exclaimed he. atrik;ng hi. f'ot with
violence sgai"st the panel lt"a>w into
tr,g,i,snss. ri: ~. 4n!i.,"t rslE&-:t |o,4
25t''So, 80, MASTER said the Eoa,;o;eian;
en- sr;p3 Ii: Il 4.n, i; rt ~ III ;mn N ia ia 81 liz
Duke, . Is zee the picture conveyed t. HIM
hc hu: collie ii with thvs hs'itt intention u sork sok
ig hi up u this atss::rvhe, bi, iii at Il u.
IL ln+ce.ssary the i; ,vsrnnsbte vsrnbt passion. Il i;a
of ths artist haa anticipated iaat hi him 80
master = ,iohara, III ro, i've ,h5;aar AT pos 81
sess, s a u 81 ~ evil .p'irit Ivi not inter tiri
rupit aid IL hastily 1T re,rssd i sd' rs. "