. Bellini. 64 BELLINI. lOVANNI BELLINI was hisname. Yet when people who lovedbeautiful pictures spoke of **Gian,every one knew who was meant,but to those who worked at art hewas The Master. He was twoinches under six feet in height,strong and muscular. In spite ofhis seventy summers his carriagew^as erect and there was a jaunty suppleness abouthis gait that made him seem much younger. In factno one would have believed that he had lived overhis three score and ten were it not for the iron grayhair that fluffed out all around under the close fittingblack cap, and the bronzed complexion—sun-kisse
. Bellini. 64 BELLINI. lOVANNI BELLINI was hisname. Yet when people who lovedbeautiful pictures spoke of **Gian,every one knew who was meant,but to those who worked at art hewas The Master. He was twoinches under six feet in height,strong and muscular. In spite ofhis seventy summers his carriagew^as erect and there was a jaunty suppleness abouthis gait that made him seem much younger. In factno one would have believed that he had lived overhis three score and ten were it not for the iron grayhair that fluffed out all around under the close fittingblack cap, and the bronzed complexion—sun-kissedby wind and weather—which formed a trinity of oppo-sites that made people turn and stories used to be told about him. He was askillful gondolier, and it was the daily row back andforth from the Lido that gave him that face of said he ate no meat and drank no wine, and thathis food was simply ripe figs in the season, withcoarse rye bread and nuts. Then there was that funnyold hunchback, a h
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