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THE SLEEP OF JESUS.
Annibal lived in a philosophic style, disregarding the
luxury of polished society, frequently hurtful to artists,
as engrossing too much of their time. This led him to
blame the conduct of his brother Agostino, who passed
the greater part of his life in his antichamber, and in the
company of princes and cardinals, and who dressed him-
self with so much magnificence, that he had more the
appearance of a man of quality than a painter. Annibal
perceiving him, one day, with a haughty gait, walking
on the parade with some persons of the first distinction,
he pretended to have something to communicate of the
greatest importance, and drawing him on one side, he
whispered to him in the ear, “Agostino, recollect you are
a taylot’s son.”
As a proof that Annibal was insensible to the pomp
attendant on the great, and unwilling to pay homage to
superior rank, the Cardinal Borghese having come one
day to pay him a visit, he slid out of his house by a back
door, leaving his disciples the task of receiving the pre-
late. Annibal having spoken disrespectfully of the works
of Josepin, this painter was disposed to seek redress by
the sword; when Annibal, taking up his pencil, and
showing it to his rival, exclaimed, “ By this weapon I
defy you, and will prove myself the conqueror.”
When Annibal found his last hour approaching, he
desired to be interred by the side of Raphael, in order
that his remains might be united with those of a painter
whom he so highly esteemed. He died in 1609.
Annibal lived in a philosophic style, disregarding the
luxury of polished society, frequently hurtful to artists,
as engrossing too much of their time. This led him to
blame the conduct of his brother Agostino, who passed
the greater part of his life in his antichamber, and in the
company of princes and cardinals, and who dressed him-
self with so much magnificence, that he had more the
appearance of a man of quality than a painter. Annibal
perceiving him, one day, with a haughty gait, walking
on the parade with some persons of the first distinction,
he pretended to have something to communicate of the
greatest importance, and drawing him on one side, he
whispered to him in the ear, “Agostino, recollect you are
a taylot’s son.”
As a proof that Annibal was insensible to the pomp
attendant on the great, and unwilling to pay homage to
superior rank, the Cardinal Borghese having come one
day to pay him a visit, he slid out of his house by a back
door, leaving his disciples the task of receiving the pre-
late. Annibal having spoken disrespectfully of the works
of Josepin, this painter was disposed to seek redress by
the sword; when Annibal, taking up his pencil, and
showing it to his rival, exclaimed, “ By this weapon I
defy you, and will prove myself the conqueror.”
When Annibal found his last hour approaching, he
desired to be interred by the side of Raphael, in order
that his remains might be united with those of a painter
whom he so highly esteemed. He died in 1609.