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paint a fly upon that rosebud. Why, it is no more like a fly than I am like—;” but, as he approached his finger to the picture, the fly flew away (1772).

(5) Grapes. Zeuxis , a Grecian painter, painted some grapes so well that birds came and pecked at them, thinking them real grapes (B.C. 400).

(6) A Horse. Apellês painted Alexander’s horse Bucephalos so true to life that some mares came up the canvas neighing, under the supposition that it was a real animal (about B.C. 334).

(7) A Man. Velasquez painted a Spanish admiral so true to life that when king Felipe IV. entered the studio, he mistook the painting for the man, and began reproving the supposed officer for neglecting his duty, in wasting his time in the studio, when he ought to have been with his fleet (1590–1660).

Accidental effects in painting.

Apellês, being at a loss to paint the foam of Alexander’s horse, dashed his brush at the picture in a fit of annoyance, and did by accident what his skill had failed to do (about B.C. 334).

The same tale is told of Protogenês, who dashed his brush at a picture, and thus produced “the foam of a dog’s mouth,” which he had long been trying in vain to represent (about B.C. 332).

Paix des Dames (La), the treaty of peace concluded at Cambray in 1529, between François I. of France and Karl V. emperor of Germany. So called because it was mainly negotiated by Louise of Savoy (mother of the French king) and Margaret the emperor’s aunt.

Palace of Art (The), an allegorical poem by Tennyson (1830).

Its object is to show that dwelling even in the palace of art will not render happiness, or that love of art will not alone suffice to make man happy.

Paladore, a Briton in the service of the king of Lombardy. One day, in a boar-hunt, the boar turned on the prin cess Sophia, and, having gored her horse to death, was about to attack the lady, but was slain by the y oung Briton. Between these two young people a strong attachment sprang up; but the duke Bireno, by an artifice of false impersonation, induced Paladore to believe that the princess was a wanton, and had the audacity to accuse her as such to the senate. In Lombardy, the punishment for this offence was death, and the princess was ordered to execution. Paladore, having learned the truth, accused the duke of villainy. They fought, and Bireno fell. The princess, being cleared of the charge, married Paladore.—Jephson: The Law of Lombardy (1779).