Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 299
in his studio, where he painted all day. He seldom made visits; but his friends werealways welcome, and conversed with him while atwork. It was his habit to have some person read 276 RUBENS. [March, to him, while painting, from Livy, Plutarch, Cicero,Seneca, or other classic authors. This is one… … QUENTIN MATSYS WELL. touch, by the use of strong drinks, or excess of anykind. A powerful man he was—with the nerve, muscle,endurance of a Hercules. So firm was his arm that he had no need to use the rest-stick in painting.And he preferred to keep his strength. Yet he was none the less a gay and…
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