A. He is holding a plate to receive what St. Peter will give him.
Q. Tell us what he is doing who is next to this last?
A. He is using a fork as a tooth-pick.
Q. Who do you really think were present at that supper?
A. I believe Christ and His Apostles were present; but in the foreground of the picture I have placed figures for ornament, of my own invention.
Q. Were you commissioned by any person to paint Germans and buffoons, and such-like things in this picture?
A. No, my lord; my commission was to ornament the picture as I judged best, which, being large, requires many figures, as it appears to me.
Q. Are the ornaments that the painter is in the habit of introducing in his frescoes and pictures suited and fitting to the subject and to the principal persons represented, or does he really paint such as strike his own fancy without exercising his judgment or his discretion?
A. I design my pictures with all due consideration as to what is fitting, and to the best of my judgment.
Q. Does it appear to you fitting that at our Lord's last supper you should paint buffoons, drunkards, Germans, dwarfs, and similar indecencies?