Did I not send thee off? How is it that thou art not gone?" But seeing the figure did not salute him, the King discovered his mistake. "While Velasquez sojourned in Rome, he painted the portrait of Innocent X., which is now the gem of the Doria collection, and in which, says Lanzi, "he renewed the wonders which are recounted of those of Leo X. by Raffaelle, and Paul III. by Titian; for this picture so entirely deceived the eye as to be taken for the Pope himself."
VELASQUEZ'S SLAVE.
Juan de Pareja was the slave of Don Diego Velasquez.
Palomino and others, say he was born in
Mexico, of a Spanish father and an Indian mother;
but Bermudez says he was born at Seville. From
being employed in his master's studio to attend on
him, grind his colors, clean his palette, brushes, &c.,
he imbibed a passion for painting, and sought every
opportunity to practice during his master's absence.
He spent whole nights in drawing and endeavoring
to imitate him, for he durst not let him know of his
aspiring dreams. At length he had made such proficiency,
that he resolved to lay his case before the
King, Philip IV., who was not only an excellent
judge, but a true lover, of art. It was the King's
custom to resort frequently to the apartments of
Velasquez, and to order those pictures which were
placed with the painted side to the wall, to be turned
to his view. Pareja placed one of his own produc-
