Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 46
has beencalled one of the most admirable masterpiecesthat the art of painting has ever produced. During the five years that Vandyck remained inFlanders and Holland, he painted almost number-less portraits of royal and distinguished persons,and more than thirty religious pictures for churchesand… … Vol. X.—33. 5i4 STORIES OF .ART AND ARTISTS. [May, the home of Franz Hals, a noted Dutch portrait-painter. Vandyck went to his studio, but, as usual,Hals was at the tavern. Vandyck sent for him,saying that a stranger wished his portrait painted,and had but two hours to stay for it. Hals seizeda…
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