36 GIOTTO THE PAINTER.

——

the old painter had left the studio for
g, short time, young Giotto painted a
fly on the nose of the portrait. Cima-
bue came in, after a while, and seeing
the fly on his painting, tried to brush
it off. But the fly would not be brush-
ed off, of course.

The old man was delighted with the
success of the art—or the artifice,
whichever you please—ot his young
pupil, and boasted of it a great deal.
It was not long after the painting of
this fly, before the fame of Giotto
spread all over Europe. One of the
most learned of all the Popes then